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

Woolly distaff thistle is a persistent problem on rangeland in the northern Bay Area, especially on ranches that raise cattle for organic dairy or beef.

From the Cooperative Extension Monterey County Crop Notes newsletter :: Mar-Apr 2015 The Apiaceae or carrot family includes important vegetable crops such as carrots, celery, cilantro, dill, fennel and parsley. All of these crops have a distinctive inflorescence known as an umbel.

This deadline to submit an abstract for the California Invasive Plant Council (CAL-IPC) Symposium is June 15, a week from Monday! Land managers who have great on-the-ground projects but don't normally think about presenting at conferences and researchers are especially encouraged to submit an abstra...

Spray and pray? Squirt and look? Burn baby burn? Besides the Beavis and Butthead laughs (Heh. Heh-heh. Heh) that usually come when you tell someone you are a weed scientist, is the expectation that you advocate for the use of herbicides as the sole weed management strategy in any given system.

I thought I'd share a link to a YouTube channel from the Ohio State University Weed Science program. There is a series of short time-lapse videos of several herbicides acting on different weed species.