- Author: Gale Perez
Register before the cost goes up…
Weed Day 2016
- July 7, 2016 :: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis
- Register by 6/15/2016 at $95; after 6/15/2016, the cost is $120
- Visit http://wric.ucdavis.edu and click on WEED DAY
- Be a Weed Day sponsor (click here) and receive a complimentary registration with a $500 amount
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- Author: Luis Espino
- Re-posted by: Gale Perez
Just saw this on the UC Rice Blog :: May 25, 2016
Winged Primrose Willow Update
Author: Luis Espino
I have received an update from the Butte County Ag Commissioner's office regarding winged primrose willow. Germinating seedlings have been detected recently. At this point, the seedlings are very small and would be very difficult to notice. Scouts were able to find them in places...
- Author: Elise S Gornish
Please save the date for the 2nd annual Do No Harm workshop focusing on 'Considerations for the use of non-local species in ecological restoration'. The event will be held in Davis, CA on November 15th 2016. For information and to register, go here: http://ucanr.edu/sites/UC_ANR_Do_No_Harm/
Topics covered: Geographical sourcing of reliable ecotypes and species; management of conservation lands and policies constraining management; biogeography and current/future climate considerations for plant material selection, including non-natives; the role of breeding system, genetic structure, and phenotypic plasticity in...
- Author: John Madsen
- Editor: Guy B Kyser
The preliminary agenda for the Aquatic Plant Management Society Annual Meeting, July 17-20 2016, has been posted on the APMS website at http://apms.org/annual-meeting/2016-annual-meeting/.
The APMS annual meeting will be held at the Amway Grand Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Meeting registration and hotel reservation information is also available at the APMS website.
- Author: Guy B Kyser
Elise Gornish, Josh Davy, Travis Bean, and I are testing the use of sheep for management of late-season invasive annual grasses. This trial is taking place at five sites at the Hopland Research and Extension Center – two with barb goatgrass, two with medusahead, and one mixed.
Treatments include grazing at boot stage (32 sheep-days on 324 m2), revegetation with native spp vs forage spp, and treatment with low or high rates of glyphosate at tillering, boot stage, and heading. The main plots are 18 m x 36 m including an 18 x 18 grazing enclosure and are replicated three times at each site. All treatments are crossed, for a total of 48 subplots in each main plot.
Grazing was conducted from mid-April to...