- Author: Brad Hanson
I thought I share a rundown of last week's 57th Annual Weed Day hosted by the UC Davis Weed Science Program and the UC Weed Research and Information Center.
This year the program was organized and (mostly) hosted by CE Weed Specialist Joe DiTomaso. We had a great turnout (about 140 total) and an awesome day with temps in the low 90's - not bad for July 11th in the Central Valley! I will try to follow suit temperature-wise next year when my turn to organize Weed Day rolls around...
As we have done in the past few years, this year's Weed Day started off with a half day field tour of research plots near the UC Davis...
- Author: Brad Hanson
Another link to the newest issue of the California Weed Science Society (CWSS) Research Update and News. (June 2013, Vol 9, Number 2).
Today I wanted to highlight the article"Research Brief on Medusahead (Taeniantherum caput-medusae) Control" by Scott Oneto (UC Farm Advisor in the Central Sierra region) and Rick Miller (Dow AgroSciences.
This article discusses the problems with medusahead with a focus on the herbicide aminopyralid. This is particularly interesting because aminopyralid and other phenoxy-type herbicides are...
- Author: Guy B Kyser
Joe DiTomaso and I are supposed to monitor the effectiveness of a hydrilla treatment in a pond near Marysville. I usually work on rangeland, where things stay put - the plants don't float away, and the equipment doesn't sink out of sight. How are we going to do this?
- Here are some rough dimensions of the pond. It is surrounded by dense stands of willow and cattail.
- We'll set T-posts at A, A', B, B', etc. so that we have as many permanent transects as we want. It's OK to set the posts on dry land, outside of the willows and cattail.
- When we're sampling, we run this cheap polypropylene rope (it floats) between A and A'. We have nylon twine tied at every 2 meters,...
- Author: Brad Hanson
A reminder to all who registered already that the 57th Annual UC Davis Weed Day is this Thursday (July 11th). I've attached the agenda for the morning field tour and the afternoon presentation schedule at the end of this post.
If you haven't already registered, you're too late - we've filled up the buses, lunch, and the conference room capacity (we max out at about 150 for this event). However, be sure to put the 58th conference on your calender for NEXT YEAR - July 17, 2014.
We appreciate and acknowledge the sponsors for this event:...
- Author: Brad Hanson
A link today to an article in the newest issue of the California Weed Science Society (CWSS) Research Update and News. (June 2013, Vol 9, Number 2) edited by UC Farm Advisor Steve Orloff.
This issue has an article entitled: "Invasive stinkwork (Dittrichia graveolens) is spreading quickly in California" by Joe DiTomaso and Rachel Brownsey. This article is a distillation of a couple years of research that Rachel did while completing her MS degree at UC Davis. A more comprehensive report on her research has also been published in the journal California Agriculture...
