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Weed control under a changing climate
Maor Matzrafi is a post-doctoral researcher with Marie Jasieniuk's lab at UC Davis. It is well known that herbicide efficacy is strongly associated with environmental conditions (Kudsk and Kristensen, 1992), and this is why applicators are required (by law) to spray under specific environmental...
2017 Automated Thinner/Weeder Spray Materials Evaluation
Lettuce in the Salinas Valley is direct seeded by planting 3–4 times the amount of seed need and then thinning the stand to the desired spacing. Lettuce is one of the few crops that is still thinned because seed is still cheap enough and high yield potential is dependent on having maximum...
Table 1. Weed counts (no/2 ft2) on Sept. 26 (4 days after application)
Table 2. Weed counts (no/2 ft2) on Sept. 29 (7 days after application)
Figure 2. Sharpen at 1.0 oz/A
Figure 3. Shark at 9.7 mls/A
Figure 4. Suppress (+Oroboost & oil)
Figure 5. Raptor at 4.0 oz/A
Figure 6. Rely 29 oz/A (Sept 26)
An Alternative Preemergence Herbicide Strategy for Summer Grasses in Orchards
As most orchardists and pest control advisors are well aware, glyphosate-resistant weeds have been one of the biggest weed management challenges in California orchard crops for several years. Depending on where you are located in the Central Valley, your biggest challenges in the...
Home made herbicides? Some thoughts about 'Do It Yourself' weed control.
I was browsing the internet the other day and came across a web-site that told me I could kill weeds without using pesticides. Naturally, I was intrigued and decided to read up on DIY chemical weed control. I won't be posting any recipes on this blog (Sorry! There are plenty of web pages out there...
Definition of codistillation or lift-off of herbicides. Repost from Arizona Vegetable IPM Updates
I was forwarded this great article written by Barry Tickes, an Area Agricultural Agent with the Yuma Ag Center and part of the University of Arizona and Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station. With Barry's permission, I've posted his explanation of "lift off" or "codistillation" of...
