- Author: Lee Allen
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From Page 13 of the Western Farm Press (May 2022) magazine
Electric weed control takes hold in orchards
By Lee Allen (Contributing writer)
Sometimes it takes a long time for an idea to be embraced by the public. Take electric weed control, a concept first patented in 1890, yet it hadn't received much attention until a few decades ago.
“Even if current ways still work, new ways are inevitable because they may...
- Author: Rachael Freeman Long
- Author: Morgan P. Doran
- Author: Robert Poppenga
- Author: Daniel H. Putnam
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From the Alfalfa & Forage News blog (April 29, 2022)
Vetch (Vicia spp.) is growing like a weed everywhere this year, carpeting our hills with great swaths of purple flowers.
What is vetch? There are several species that are commonly grown as crops, cover crops or weeds (see list at the bottom). Vetch is a winter-hardy legume that's favored by early fall rains, which we had lots of last October (5.5-in in 24-hr in Sacramento). Vetch is also a nitrogen-fixing...
- Author: Zheng Wang
- Posted by: Gale Perez
From page 26 of the Progressive Crop Consultant (March/April 2022) magazine.
Zheng Wang is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops and Irrigation Advisor for Stanislaus County.
Evaluating the potential of Pyridate-containing herbicide in basil: impacts on yield, leaf injury, and weed control
- Author: Richard Smith
- Posted by: Gale Perez
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- Author: Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla
- Author: Amber Vinchesi-Vahl
- Author: Ian Grettenberger
-Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla, Masters student in Grettenberger lab, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
-Ian Grettenberger, UCCE Field and Vegetable Crops Entomology Specialist, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
-Amber Vinchesi-Vahl, UCCE Vegetable Crops Advisor, Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties
The relationship between weeds, crops and insects is important for pest management. Knowledge of this relationship for specific insect pests can increase efficacy of IPM practices like crop rotation and weed management. Insects can rely on weeds for resources such as food and shelter. Weeds that are closely related to the host crop are particularly...
