- Posted by: Gale Perez
Here's an article by Todd Fitchette| Western Farm Press | July 17, 2014
Weed resistance issues are nothing new for university researchers and the farmers they advise.
Nevertheless, science continues to partner with agriculture to find ways to address the challenges of herbicide resistance in crops like tomatoes, melons, and a host of other agricultural applications.
The popular Weed Day at the University of California stands as a shining example of such concern. For at least the last five years. The...
- Author: Brad Hanson
Link to a new publication from the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST). This CAST Commentary dated July 2014 is entitled "Benefits of Controlling Nuisance Aquatic Plants and Algae in the United States" and is authored by Getsinger, Dibble, Rodgers, and Spencer.
Available for free download at the CAST publications page or
- Author: Brad Hanson
Today, I thought I'd share a set of photos from a herbicide symptomology demonstration that I conducted in fall 2013 for our UC Weed Science School (next scheduled for fall 2015) and more recently in spring 2014 for a training session with other UC Cooperative Extension personnel.
For those of you that work regularly with herbicides of different modes of action this may be old-hat. However, many of us who get questions about herbicide injury in the field don't get always get to see comparisons under controlled conditions.
A few definitions, caveats, and brief explanations of the attached slides:
- MOA = Mode of Action...
- Author: Brad Hanson
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This post is a quick reminder that this is the last week for public comment on 123 proposed UC Cooperative Extension positions (closes July 21st).
The proposed positions are listed at this website and you can read the 2-page proposal and see any comments by clicking on the position title.
The UC ANR leadership team stresses that "the value of the comments is not in the quantity but the quality. These comments are not being used as votes. One collective set of thoughtful comments from an organization/ group that explain why the position is important based on filling a critical need means more than an overwhelming number of...
- Author: Brad Hanson
Yesterday was the 58th Annual Weed Day hosted by the UC Davis Weed Science Program and the UC Weed Research and Information Center.
<edit to add link to Weed Day Photos>
I think we had a really good program this year made up of a half-day field tour in the morning followed by lunch and an afternoon program of research presentations. We also had one of the highest number of participants (about 160 total) that we've had in a while. We've maxed out our registration for the past five or so years so this remains a popular...
