- Author: Brad Hanson
A quick post today to share a link to the California Weed Science Society Journal. Click here for a direct link to the January 2013 edition of the CWSS Research Update and News. This edition focuses on herbicide resistance and includes articles by UC Farm Advisors, UC Cooperative Extension Specialists, CSU-Fresno faculty, UC Davis researchers, and herbicide industry researchers :
- Introduction - Steve Orloff
- Selection pressure, shifting populations, and herbicide resistance - Lynn Sosnoskie and Brad...
- Author: Brad Hanson
The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Public Awareness Committee with contributions from WSSA members, released a new fact sheet on weeds.
The press release text is pasted the text below (in black) or you can click HERE for the direct link. Click here for a link to the pdf.
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Before I go out the door for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I wanted to share a link to the recent Western IPM Center newsletter, The Western Front.
The October 2012 edition had a really nice writeup about the glyphosate-resistant weed workshops and IPM publications that I mentioned in my October 29 post. The author did a great job summarizing the issues, objectives, and even the IPM publications so I'll encourage you to take a look for yourself.
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- Author: Brad Hanson
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I received a press release this week from the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) that I thought would be interesting to repost here.
The statement entitled: Three Leading Scientific Societies Take and Objective Look at the Issues Associated with "Least Toxic Pesticides" Applied as a "Last Resort" was co-authored by the WSSA, The American Phytopathological Society (APS), and the Plant-Insect Ecosystems Section of the Entomological Society of America...
- Author: Brad Hanson
A quick post today to share a link to the recently revised "UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines for Pear" (UC ANR Publication #3455). You can download the whole document as a pdf here, or use it online at the above link.
Although there are also well-written sections on general pear pest management, as well as specific information on insects, mites, and diseases of pears, since this is the Weed Science blog, I'd better post a link directly to the Integrated Weed Management section authored...