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Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Upcoming Extension Meetings: September 2018

August 27, 2018
2018 Alfalfa and Forage Field Day Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center 9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
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photo by Betty Homer
Under the Solano Sun: Article

'Tis the Season for Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)

August 27, 2018
Recently, I played a practical joke on one of my friends and gifted him a basket of cape gooseberries (the same green plastic baskets that hold cherry tomatoes and strawberries that consumers see at farmer's markets and supermarkets).
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Defoliated tamarisk, some willows coming up in the understory.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Weed Science is everywhere even on summer vacation!

August 27, 2018
By Thomas J Getts
Heat is something that many Californians are used to, and live with for several months out of the year, but prolonged triple digit heat is not something I am used to in my corner of the state. Sure it gets hot up here in Lassen County, but there is most often a place to retreat from the heat.
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acmispon
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Microbes and Fertilizers

August 27, 2018
By Ben A Faber
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Beautiful things can happen when plants surround themselves with the right microbes. A study on Acmispon strigosus, a plant in the pea family, showed a 13-fold growth increase in plants that partnered with a highly effective strain of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Bradyrhizobium.
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