- Posted by: Gale Perez
Register before the cost goes up
Weed Day 2024 :: click link below
https://wric.ucdavis.edu/events/weed_day_2024.html
Last day to get to early-bird cost is May 24, 2024. Register now!
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More events...
2024-June 24-25 :: Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2024 :: click link below
- Author: Trina Kleist
- Posted by: Gale Perez
A contraption with a long, low, green metal arm swept noisily along the edge of a row of almond trees in an experimental orchard just west of UC Davis. Little flashes of light sparked between the bottom of the arm and the green weeds below, and puffs of gray smoke wafted up from the stricken pests.
This tractor equipped with an electrical generator may offer one solution for organic farmers looking for new ways to get rid of weeds. Researchers here and at partner universities have embarked on a three-year project to compare how the machine performs compared to herbicides allowed in organic farming, and to hand-weeding, which has become prohibitively costly.
Electrical energy zooms through the plant down into the...
- Author: Gale Perez
Mark your calendar...
Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2020 course
July 14-15, 2020
UC Davis
Weed Day 2020
July 16, 2020
UC Davis
Aquatic Weed School 2020
Sept. 2-3, 2020
UC Davis
More information on these events to come.
- Author: Brad Hanson
Links below about the 2018 UC Weed Day event:
First the video: https://youtu.be/XkUT_uSbxak Produced by the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) Communications group posted a great video that captured a lot of highlights of the field portion of Weed Day as well as the interactions among the participants.
Next, the Weed Day writeup posted on the Plant Science Department's news feed (written...
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Weed Day 2018 comes to UC Davis July 12
You can read about the latest weed-science research being conducted at UC Davis, but nothing beats seeing it for yourself. That's why pest control advisors, chemical company cooperators, faculty, students and regulatory officials continue to gather at UC Davis each July for Weed Day, an annual tour of the vast array of weed-control field trials underway.
This year's 62nd Annual Weed Day will be held Thursday, July 12, from
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