- Posted by: Gale Perez
Rice Pest Management Course (in-person event)
Friday, Sept. 10, 2021
Hamilton Road Field and CA Rice Experiment Station, Biggs, CA
Approved for DPR and CCA continuing education units.
Online registration closes 9/7/2021. Walk-ins accepted if space is available.
VIDEO of 2019 course
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Aaron Alvarez, a Master's student in Kassim Al-Khatib's Lab at UC Davis, is the recipient of the 2021 D. Marlin Brandon Rice Research Fellowship. Aaron's work focuses on herbicide research in California rice production systems. The main objective of his work is to gain greater control over herbicide resistant weeds.
The memorial fellowship was established to provide financial assistance to students pursuing careers in rice production science and technology. The award was presented at the annual California Rice Field Day (Aug. 25, 2021) in Biggs, CA.
- Posted by: Gale Perez
EVENT: | What Makes a Weed a Weed? The Case of “Weedy” Rice in California webinar |
DATE: | Tuesday, November 16, 2021 |
TIME: | 11:30 AM-12:00 PM (Pacific Time) |
SPEAKER: | Whitney Brim-DeForest, University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) County Director for Sutter-Yuba Counties and UCCE Rice... |
- Posted by: Gale Perez
EVENT: | UC Rice Pest Management Course 2021 |
DAY/DATE: | Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 |
LOCATION: | Hamilton Road Field (on West Hamilton Rd. between Hwy. 99 and Riceton Hwy., Biggs, CA) |
EVENT TIME: | 8:00 AM-3:25... |
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
Watergrass
We are having more and more difficulties controlling watergrass over the past 20 or so years. We know that as of the early 2000s, we had found multiple-herbicide resistant late watergrass (also known as mimic), as well as multiple-herbicide resistant barnyardgrass. For early watergrass, we now have resistant biotypes (to thiobencarb), with none recorded as being multiple-herbicide resistant.
In 2017, two rice fields were identified with an unknown watergrass biotype (or species) that looked very different than the three main known species that infest California rice fields (late watergrass, early watergrass, and barnyardgrass). Both fields had...