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

NICHINO America LOCATION: California Fresno, North Job Description The Product Development Representative will be responsible for managing field research in an assigned territory (California Fresno North).

I had been planning to write a blog about crop biotechnology/GMOs for quite some time. It was going to be witty, yet sensible; logical, but not academic. I was envisioning myself as a voice of reason. As someone who had spent the last 14 years thinking critically about crops and crop production.

The Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska is accepting applications for a Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist, a 50% research, 50% extension, a twelve-month, tenure-leading faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank in the Department o...

The risks of GMO herbicide-resistant crops as a source for resistance traits in weeds has garnered recent attention in discussions of so-called superweeds. [I've commented previously on my general disagreement with the term "superweed" when talking about herbicide resistance].

Here's an article by Paul Franson | Wines & Vines | 07.22.2014 Napa, Calif.Last week John Roncoroni, a Napa County UC Cooperative Extension weed science advisor, held a field demonstration about the efficacy of herbicides newly registered for vineyard application.