- Author: Gale Perez
At this week’s Monday Afternoon Weeders (MAW) meeting, Brad Hanson shared the following article from the Sacramento Bee: Stinkwort's fast growth could threaten California's wine growers
CBS picked up the story: Wine Country Growers Worried about Stinky Invasive Weed
Then there’s Jeannette Warnert’s blog post, Unwelcome weed 'stinkwort' spreading quickly in California.
Lastly, here is the
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Stinkwort made its first California appearance in 1994, but remained quite rare...
- 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
A link to the July 29 press release from the Weed Science Society of America on several invasive weeds in the primrose (Ludwigia) family. The article features information from Dr. Brenda Grewell, USDA-ARS Ecologist who is located at UC Davis (just down the hall from yours truly).
Take care,
Brad
WSSA Weed Watch: ‘Shape-Shifting’ Primrose Plant Plagues Communities in Coastal States
Three water-loving species in the...
- 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...
