- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
We have recently produced a series of videos on weedy rice identification in California. Each video is biotype-specific. Our UC Rice YouTube Channel also has many other recordings from our virtual meetings and webinars.
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
Date: August 3, 2021
Location: UCCE Sutter-Yuba Office
142A Garden Highway, Yuba City
Free (lunch provided)
Meeting Agenda
9:00–9:30 am Research Updates 2020-2021 (Whitney Brim-DeForest, CE Rice Advisor)
9:30–10:00 am Weedy Rice Survey 2020 (Luis Espino, CE Rice Advisor)
10:00-10:15 am Weedy Rice Identification (Luis Espino, Whitney Brim-DeForest, CE Rice Advisors)
10:15–10:30 am —BREAK— (plants to view)
10:30–10:45 am Non-conventional Path to Pesticide Registration (Roberta Firoved, California Rice Commission)
10:45-11:00 am Preventing Spread of Weedy Rice with Certified Seed (Timothy Blank, California Crop Improvement Association)
11:00-11:15 am Weedy rice emergence under various environmental conditions (Liberty Galvin, PhD Candidate, UC Davis)
11:15 am —LUNCH—
This project is sponsored with funding from the California Rice Commission.
**CE credits (CCA, DPR) pending**
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
If you are a grower or PCA with a field that has had an infestation in the past, we will be reaching out to you to let you know when we will be visiting.
A big thank you to the California Rice Commission for providing the funding for this survey. For more information about weedy rice in California, visit caweedyrice.com.
For questions regarding the survey, feel free to reach out to Luis Espino (laespino@ucanr.edu), Whitney Brim-DeForest (wbrimdeforest@ucanr.edu), or Michelle Leinfelder-Miles (mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu).
- Author: Whitney Brim-DeForest
I have been to several farm calls in the past few weeks with this weed (pictured below). I have seen 7 fields between last year and this year that appear to have bad infestations of this new watergrass species (Echinochloa spp.). We are unsure of the exact identification yet, but we know it is in the watergrass family.
The weed is maturing around mid- to late-July. It is small-seeded, and the awns are long and purple. All of the plants I have seen so far have seed heads that are completely awned, which makes it different than barnyardgrass (which has seed heads that are variably-awned).
How to ID:
o Every seed head has awns (unlike barnyardgrass)
o Should already be headed (by mid- to late-July)
o Awns are purplish in color (see photos)
o Seeds are small (smaller than late watergrass)
Please call Whitney Brim-Deforest (541-292-1553) or Luis Espino (530-635-6234), if you suspect that you have this weed in your field. We would like to collect seed samples to see what can be done to control it.
Photo 1. Seed head of unknown watergrass species (Echinochloa spp.) Notice visible purple awns.
Photo 2. Seed heads of unknown watergrass species (Echinochloa spp.) Notice visible purple awns, which can be seed before seeds are fully mature.
Photo 3. Full plant sample of unknown watergrass species (Echinochloa spp.). This plant headed in late July.