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

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Palmer amaranth
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New Avocado Herbicide

June 3, 2024
By Ben A Faber
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has approved the herbicide Rely 280 (glufosinate-ammonium) for use in avocado groves in California. Rely 280 is a post-emergence broad-spectrum herbicide for use against broadleaf and grassy weeds.
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Attendees at Weed Day 2023
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EVENTS :: Register now!

May 22, 2024
Register before the cost goes up Weed Day 2024 :: click link below https://wric.ucdavis.edu/events/weed_day_2024.html Last day to get to early-bird cost is May 24, 2024. Register now! * * * * * * * * More events...
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Pollinator habitat coverage in response to herbicide treatments
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Weed control during pollinator habitat establishment.

May 20, 2024
By Ryan Hill
Introduction: Pollinator insects are essential to produce many economically and nutritionally important crops grown in the western USA. These crops include blueberries, almonds, sunflowers, cucurbits, and many others.
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Downybrome, Italian ryegrass, winter wheat
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Creative weed management approaches using forage crops

May 5, 2024
In my previous position as the Extension Dryland Cropping Systems Specialist with the University of Nebraska Panhandle Research and Extension Center in Scottsbluff, I focused my research efforts on intensifying and diversifying the winter wheat-fallow cropping system.
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