- 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: Guy B Kyser
The Sacramento Bee features a nice front-page spread on stinkwort today, with interviews with Joe DiTomaso and John Roncoroni. Sticky, hairy, and smelly (the weed, that is). What's not to love? Also a photo from one of Rachel Brownsey's plots.
http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/12/5642385/stinkworts-fast-growth-could-threaten.html
- Author: Brad Hanson
I thought I share a rundown of last week's 57th Annual Weed Day hosted by the UC Davis Weed Science Program and the UC Weed Research and Information Center.
This year the program was organized and (mostly) hosted by CE Weed Specialist Joe DiTomaso. We had a great turnout (about 140 total) and an awesome day with temps in the low 90's - not bad for July 11th in the Central Valley! I will try to follow suit temperature-wise next year when my turn to organize Weed Day rolls around...
As we have done in the past few years, this year's Weed Day started off with a half day field tour of research plots near the UC Davis...
- Author: Brad Hanson
Another link to the newest issue of the California Weed Science Society (CWSS) Research Update and News. (June 2013, Vol 9, Number 2).
Today I wanted to highlight the article"Research Brief on Medusahead (Taeniantherum caput-medusae) Control" by Scott Oneto (UC Farm Advisor in the Central Sierra region) and Rick Miller (Dow AgroSciences.
This article discusses the problems with medusahead with a focus on the herbicide aminopyralid. This is particularly interesting because aminopyralid and other phenoxy-type herbicides are...
- Author: Brad Hanson
A reminder to all who registered already that the 57th Annual UC Davis Weed Day is this Thursday (July 11th). I've attached the agenda for the morning field tour and the afternoon presentation schedule at the end of this post.
If you haven't already registered, you're too late - we've filled up the buses, lunch, and the conference room capacity (we max out at about 150 for this event). However, be sure to put the 58th conference on your calender for NEXT YEAR - July 17, 2014.
We appreciate and acknowledge the sponsors for this event:...