- Author: Brad Hanson
If you ever wished you were part of the UC Cooperative Extension Weed Science team, this may be your big opportunity!
Link to job posting: http://ucanr.edu/Jobs/Jobs_990/?jobnum=921
Link to all UCANR employment opportunities: http://ucanr.edu/Jobs/Jobs_990/
- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
A recent announcement for the Twentynine Palms (CA) annual weed show got me thinking about how we (okay...I...) view unwanted plants. As a weed scientist, I spend >99% of my time thinking critically about weeds...specifically, their biology, ecology and management. The remainder of the time, I am actually enjoying them as botanical specimens worthy of admiration. In honor of the Twentynine Palms Historical Society's 75th (75th!!!!!) annual weed show (November 7 and 8, 2015), I'm providing you with something completely different...a few of my photographs highlighting weeds in their own unique glory.
Enjoy.
- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
In case you have missed it, heated debates have been raging across the Internet regarding our food and food production practices. Caramel coloring in that PSL, yay or nay? Labeling of foods derived from genetically modified plants? Conventional or organic agriculture? Is there glyphosate in breastmilk? Gluten-free? Paleo? Help!!!!!
Don't believe me? Get on social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) and prepare yourself to bombarded; EVERYONE has an opinion about EVERYTHING.
As a scientist, I have been dismissive of people who just don't seem to understand or, more importantly, trust science. And I think that there are (probably) a good many other researchers who feel the same way. The facts are the facts; how can...
- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
This is a summary of a presentation that I made at the 2015 CWSS Annual Meeting in Santa Barbara, CA, last January.
Introduction:
We love our smart phones. REALLY LOVE THEM. Most of us have them (or will soon have them). We also spend a lot of time on them; more than two hours per day with the majority of that time spent using applications (apps).
Figure 1. Current and projected smart phone ownership in the United States. Data via www.statista.com
Figure 2. Distribution...
- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
I recently blogged about an National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast regarding the development and spread of glyphosate-resistant weeds. Well, weeds are back in the news; below is the link for a recently published piece in the The Scientist (Revenge of the Weeds. May 20, 2012).
http://the-scientist.com/2012/05/20/revenge-of-the-weeds/#disqus_thread
Despite our best efforts to both understand and manage them, herbicide-resistant weeds are gaining ground both in the fields and in the minds of the general public. If it isn't so already, more and more of our extension and outreach will be focused on this topic. I think that it is...
