- Author: Gale Perez
Don't miss the Medusahead and Barb Goatgrass Forum on Nov. 5, 2013 at the UC Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center (SFREC) in Browns Valley, CA. THE EVENT IS FREE!
CLICK HERE for the agenda.
If you're a researcher, university faculty, conservation professional, or a land manager interested in these invasive rangeland species, YOU NEED TO ATTEND.
For more details or to register, visit the SFREC website.
- Author: Brad Hooker
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Tom Lanini is a fisherman first and foremost. Yet since 1978 he has devoted his time and energy to being a Cooperative Extension specialist at UC Davis, fighting the weeds that plague farmers across California. And with his retirement last spring, he has returned full time to his first passion, fishing.
In his career at UC Davis he occasionally mixed both pursuits, such as long ago when he and a couple colleagues went up to Twin Lakes in the Central Sierras to write a research paper and in their downtime they snuck in some fishing. And he once pushed the physical limits of Cooperative Extension Specialist Joe DiTomaso. Both graduate students at UC Davis, the two snow skied several miles and hiked several more to a remote fishing...
- Author: Gale Perez
Here's information on the Medusahead and Barb Goat Grass Forum that will be held on November 5, 2013, at the UC Sierra Foothill Research & Extension Center (SFREC) in Browns Valley, CA. THIS IS A FREE EVENT to discuss the research and management strategies of medusahead and barb goatgrass. Researchers, university faculty, conservation professionals, or other land managers interested in these invasive rangeland species are encouraged to attend.
More details are on the SFREC blog post and registration is available through the SFREC website.
- Author: Brad Hanson
A followup today on a post from last October about a series of glyphosate-resistant weed extension publications that were "about to be finalized". These four paper finally wound their way through the review and publication process and were posted on the UC ANR Catalog last week.
Brad
Selection pressure, shifting populations, and herbicide resistance and tolerance. Hanson, B., A. Fisher, A. Shrestha, M. Jasieniuk, E. Peachey, R. Boydston, T. Miller, K. Al-Khatib. 2013. University of California, Division of...
- Author: Brad Hanson
This is the last in my series of posts outlining current University of California weed science research published in the California Weed Science Society (CWSS) Research Update and News (June 2013, Volume 9, #2).
Lynn Sosnoskie (UC Davis, Weed Research Project Scientist) wrapped up some of her weed seed biology work from her previous position at the University of Georgia. ...
