Mark your calendar... Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2024 link https://wric.ucdavis.edu/events/diagnosing_herbicide_symptoms_2024.html Weed Day 2024 link https://wric.ucdavis.edu/events/weed_day_...
For years, I thought I was seeing fountain grass, an invasive grass that is found in all kinds of wild and disturbed settings. I was told it got its name because it was the only thing that would...
This year brings several new chemical tools to California rice. With many herbicide-resistant species as well as emerging problematic weed species, the new chemistries are a welcome tool for man...
From the eOrganic and Performance and Economics of Electric Weed Control in Organic Perennial Crops Project: Electric Weeding Research Updates (Click HERE to see the presentations) Electric Weed...
Hanson: “Some weeds you can only eat once” Dandelions are pretty, but weeds nationwide cost homeowners, farmers, ranchers and land managers tens of billions of dollars each year in c...
**** Students, it is the time of year to apply for the CWSS Student Scholarship! Awards will be given to both graduate and undergraduate students ranging from $1,000-2,000. Any students interest...
With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there is a lot of natural ground cover growing, When it gets out of hand, we call it weedy. It might...
Although many of you are already well aware of the upcoming changes to pesticide labels related to the Endangered Species Act, many are not. A quick background can be found in a Weed Science Soc...
Several of us are part of a multi-state project on electrical weed control in organic blueberry and orchard crops. Tong Zhen is the lead grad student researcher on the UC Davis part of the proje...
FREE to Attend. REGISTRATION requested. Please register HERE. What: A field day showcasing research and discussing issues in cool-season field crops When: Thursday, 4/18/2024, from 9:45 AM &ndash...
A colleague and a graduate student at Cornell University are conducting a survey to assess grower attitudes towards establishing wildflower strips as part of conservation programs and asked me to...
The USDA Agricultural Research Service's Invasive Species and Pollinator Health research unit recently shared their annual activities report. There are several interesting updates on biological ...
Last week, I had a chance to visit research cooperators in Chile and tour some of their processing tomato fields with serious infestations of the parasitic weed, branched broomrape and it was re...
Non-native species can wait decades or centuries before spreading Invasive plants can stay dormant for decades or even centuries after they have been introduced into an environment before rapidl...
Roundup Ready technology incorporates genetic resistance to glyphosate into crops and it's an excellent tool for weed control. Initial screening in the early 2000s found good alfalfa crop safety...
David E. Bayer, Emeritus Professor in the UC Davis Department of Plant Biology, passed away on January 20, 2024 in Davis, CA. Dr. Bayer earned his B.S and M.S. degrees from Oregon State Universi...
Keep an eye out for this potential problem weed in southern California: Stipa capensis. First reported in 1995 in Riverside, this species is native to the Mediterranean and has established in th...
Congratulations to UC Davis weed science graduate student Erika Escalona (Fennimore Lab) for winning 1st place in the student poster presentation category at the 2024 California Plant and Soil C...
California rice growers will have a new herbicide available this year: Cliffhanger™, manufactured by Gowan Company. The active ingredient is benzobicyclon, which is the same as one of the ...
From the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Graduate Student Organization newsletter (Feb. 2024) * * * * * * Graduate Student of the Month Deniz Inci, Ph.D. Candidate with the Al-Khatib Lab ...