- Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie
Glyphosate was commercialized in 1974. Since then, it has become one of the most widely used (and studied) herbicides. According to Duke (2018b), almost 20,000 scientific publications and patents have included glyphosate as a focus; only 2,4-D surpasses it with respect to citations. The articles in the 5th issue of the 74th volume of Pest Management Science all focus on glyphosate and arose from a day long symposium (which was also dedicated to the molecule) that was held at the 252nd annual meeting of the American Chemical Society (Duke 2018a).
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- Author: Brad Hanson
Since beginning the California phase of my career eight years ago (first with USDA-ARS and more recently with University of California), I have been involved to one degree or another in soil fumigation projects. Today I wanted to share a couple links about soil fumigation research and extension efforts for California specialty crops.
I've discussed soil fumigant issues a few times previously in this blog, but for those unfamiliar with soil fumigation as a pest management practice, here's a brief primer. Fumigants are volatile pesticides that move in the gas phase and penetrate the nooks and crannys and...