UC Weed Science

In 2019, my colleague Sarah Light (UCCE Agronomy Advisor: Sutter-Yuba and Colusa counties) and myself were in Year 2 of a Healthy Soils Demonstration Project in Sutter County, CA. Our field site was planted to tomatoes and was in it's first year of certified organic production.

Working title: Extension EducatorIntegrated Pest Management (IPM) Appointment: Full-time, Assistant Extension Professor (9623) Location: Extension Regional Office, To Be Determined Program Area: Extension Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Reports to: Program Leader, AFNR Apply by: June...

Richard Smith is the Vegetable Crops and Weed Science Farm Advisor in Monterey County, California. Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV) in the Salinas Valley is a tospovirus that is spread primarily by western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis).

Here's part 4 (final part) of our training videos: Natural areas herbicide calibration. We've broken it up into smaller parts for easier viewing.

Take a look at the The New York Times article by Margaret Roach The Dirty Secret About Weeding.