Posts Tagged: herbicide

Managing herbicide resistance with electric weed control

From the Weeders of the West (WoW) blog ∴ March 11, 2021 Marcelo Moretti is a Professor in the Dept. of Horticulture at Oregon State University and an alumnus of UC Davis and California State University,...

Herbicide Trial in Delta Drill-Seeded Rice - 2020

From the San Joaquin Valley Delta Field Crops blog • Jan. 21, 2021 Michelle Leinfelder-Miles is the UC Cooperative Extension Delta Crops Resource Management Advisor serving San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, and Contra Costa...

Extension Fact Sheets on herbicide drift on speciality crops (midwest focus)

A colleague at Ohio State University (sorry, I mean The Ohio State University) shared a recent series of extension publications they put together related to specialty crop injury from the auxininic herbicides dicamba and 2,4-D.   Dicamba and...

Will rising temperatures make superweeds even stronger?

Will Rising Temperatures Make Superweeds Even Stronger? Widely used herbicides are struggling to kill some weeds. Some experts think heat could be part of the problem. From the digital magazine, Undark • Dec. 7, 2020 By Natasha Gilbert •...

Organic herbicide effects on Himalayan blackberry: only short-term control, but also avoided damage to willow

Valerie Eviner is a Professor of Ecosystem Management and Restoration in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis.  Himalayan blackberry can be a persistent weed, particularly in riparian settings. A number of conventional herbicide treatments...

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