- Author: John Madsen
- Author: Angela Llaban
The USDA ARS and California State Parks, Division of Boating and Waterways have initiated a study to address concerns that dissolved oxygen may be depleted by plant decomposition under herbicide-treated beds of water hyacinth. Using state-of-the-art miniaturized dissolved oxygen / temperature recording datasondes, the oxygen concentration will be measured before and after treatment of waterhyacinth in channel-side and back-bay areas of the California Sacramento / San Joaquin River Delta, as well as under untreated water hyacinth and in open water areas. Herbicide treatments that will be evaluated include 2,4-D, glyphosate, and imazamox.
The study will be six weeks in duration, and encompass six sites using 25 datasondes. We...
- 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.