- Author: Phoebe Gordon
- Author: Seth Watkins
- Author: Caleb Crawford
- Author: Elizabeth J Fichtner,
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Pistachio production has been expanding, particularly into marginal soils with high salts, boron, and even sodic conditions. One plant that is endemic to these conditions, alkaliweed, has been reported in these orchards. While there have been some articles suggesting that it it is a new weed to pistachio production, I am personally a bit skeptical of this, as it is endemic to the American Southwest, found as far south as Baja California, as far east as Texas, and has been reported in Ecuador, Argentina, and Chile. What is more likely is that pistachio production has been expanding into more marginal lands that already contain alkaliweed, and has been noticed more due to its extraordinary and frankly admirable ability to resist control...
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Yolo County Resource Conservation District (RCD) is hiring : Controller
Do you want to do work that matters for your community? Do you want to be part of an enthusiastic, dynamic team working to improve Yolo County's natural and working lands? Come work with us! The Yolo County Resource Conservation District (RCD) is seeking applications for a proactive, communicative, detail-oriented accounting and budgeting expert to serve as our Controller.
The Controller will oversee development and implementation of financial systems for the RCD. Annual salary range for this position is $90,000 - $110,000 FTE ($43.27 - $52.88 Hourly).
/h3>- Author: Marcelo Moretti
- Author: David King
- Posted by: Gale Perez
Brake On! is a preemergence herbicide registered in blueberry and other horticultural crops in Oregon and Washington but not in California. Fluridone, the active ingredient of Brake On! inhibits carotenoid biosynthesis in the phytoene desaturase enzyme step. Plants treated with fluridone lack carotenoids, leading to rapid chlorophyll breakdown in tissue exposed to sunlight. Symptoms include plants producing new white tissue that eventually become necrotic. Fluridone is grouped in the WSSA mode of Action 12.
Brake On! controls broad leaves and grasses. Some controlled broadleaf species include annual sowthistle, willowherb, mallow, nightshades, prickly lettuce, knotweed, and puncturevine. The controlled grasses include annual...
- Posted by: Gale Perez
POSITION DETAILS
Job Code #: JC-377596
Position #(s): 014-605-0765-XXX
Working Title: Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist)
Classification: SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST (SPECIALIST) $7,336.00 - $9,126.00
# of Positions: 1
Work Location: Sacramento County
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
The primary responsibilities of the Integrated Control Branch (IPCB) are the detection and control or eradication of non-native, invasive species that threaten California's agricultural and natural resources. This is accomplished through several general, federal, and industry funded Programs. These programs include, but are not limited to, the...
/h3>/h3>- Author: C. Scott Stoddard
- Posted by: Gale Perez
In melons, as with many annual crops, weeds that emerge in the plant row are the most difficult and costly to remove. There are only a few registered herbicides for CA melon production, and efficacy can be marginal depending on weed species and method of incorporation. As a result, mechanical cultivation followed by hand weeding are the main methods of weed management.
Technology may be able to help. Automated weeders, or robotic weeders, use cameras and computers to distinguish crops from weeds. They are equipped with either spray nozzles, lasers, or cultivators to remove weeds within the crop row. Research by UC Davis weed scientist Steve Fennimore has shown that automated weeders reduced labor use in lettuce production by an...