UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia)

This is from the Salinas Valley Agriculture Blog. The video is a must-see--I give it FIVE stars (out of 5). Possible stocking stuffer?? New Hoe Design to help control weeds and winter cover crops in strawberries Author: Dr.

The following information is from the Salinas Valley Agriculture blog. On January 12, 2016 the Federal EPA label for Kerb SC was reinstated for leaf lettuce. The registration on leaf lettuce was pulled in 2009 and Dow AgroSciences has been working to reregister Kerb since that time.

Richard Smith, Farm Advisor and Tricia Love, Research Assistant University of California Cooperative Extension Monterey County SUMMARY The current automated weeding machines use cameras to detect plants, and a computer algorithm to process the image, calculate which plants to keep/remove, and activa...

USDA-ARS researchers at Oregon and Washington State Universities have recently publicized* the results of a long-term field trials investigating the utility of native soil bacteria for selective control for the invasive annual grasses cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum, also known as downy brome), jointed...

[From the December 2015 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] On August 5, 2015, EPA released a proposal to revise the standards for both commercial and private certified pesticide applicators.