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

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Crayfish invasion

February 6, 2018
This article from Science discusses a new species of crayfish (not just recently discovered, but an actual new species) that is self-cloning and highly invasive. It's not a weed, but it acts like one...
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The business of weed control

February 5, 2018
By Steven A Fennimore
Dear California weeders, I organized a symposium on the business of weed control at last week's WSSA meeting which contrasted the state of the agrochemical industry with engineering companies that are developing automated weed removal technology.
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Annual Bluegrass Emergence Pattern

January 22, 2018
I visited an onion field where I saw this interesting emergence pattern with annual bluegrass (Poa annua L.). Onion beds are listed in east-west orientation (as seen in pictures). We can see annual bluegrass emergence only on the south facing slopes and none on bed-tops or north facing slopes.
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