The California Weed Science Society (CWSS) publishes a twice-yearly "CWSS Research Update and News" newsletter as one of the society's publications. The July 2025 issue just went online and is available here: https://cwss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CWSS_Research_Update-July-2025.pdf
This issue several interesting reads for California (and beyond) weed managers:
- An article on weed identification (Anil Shrestha from CSU-Fresno)
- A research report on how native hedgerows impact on-farm weeds (Justin Valliere from UC Davis and Rachel Long UC Cooperative Extension)
- Control of common crupina with herbicides in northern CA (Tom Getts, UC Cooperative Extension)
- Electrical weed control in orchards (Tong Zhen and Brad Hanson from UC Davis)
- Organic herbicide research in table grapes (Jorge Angeles from UC Cooperative Extension)
- Control of Johnsongrass in orchards (Ryan Hill from UC Cooperative Extension)
The CWSS annual conference will be in Santa Barbara this winter. The dates are January 28-30, 2026 at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront resort.
-Brad