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

repost WSSA press release - Brad For Immediate Release WSSA to Sponsor Second National Summit on Herbicide Resistance LAWRENCE, Kansas May 15, 2014 Today the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced plans for a second national scientific summit on the topic of herbicide resistance.

Growers and pest control advisors look at strawberry plants daily and see problems often. Some problems like salt injury are frequent while others, like frost injury are only seen once in a few years.

From the UC Cooperative Extension Monterey County Crop Notes newsletter (March/April 2014) Excellent weed control is essential for economically producing cilantro and parsley. Both crops have had various weed control challenges over the last few years.

Today, May 8th, marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Smith-Lever Act that resulted in the creation of Cooperative Extension.

From the Invasive Plants in Southern California blog May 3, 2014 The Apiaceae family is a large (300+ genera worldwide) and interesting group of native plants (water hemlock, wild carrot, sanicle), weeds (fennel, poison hemlock, queen ann's lace) and important crops (carrot, celery, dill, fennel an...