Posts Tagged: mechanical weed control

DBW Begins Herbicide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria Densa

Here's something from the Aquatic Plant Management Society blog :: posted Feb. 2017 (Original source: East County Today) DBW Begins Herbicide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria Densa SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The Division of Boating and Waterways (DBW) will begin herbicide...

2015 Evaluation of intelligent cultivators for use in lettuce production

Richard Smith, Farm Advisor and Tricia Love, Research Assistant University of California Cooperative Extension Monterey County SUMMARY The current automated weeding machines use cameras to detect plants, and a computer algorithm to process the image, calculate which plants to keep/remove, and...

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Non-chemical strategies for weed control

Spray and pray? Squirt and look? Burn baby burn? Besides the Beavis and Butthead laughs (Heh. Heh-heh. Heh) that usually come when you tell someone you are a weed scientist, is the expectation that you advocate for the use of herbicides as the sole weed management strategy in any given...

UC Davis developing faster, more accurate robotic cultivator

From the UC Davis News Service • January 21, 2015   Controlling weeds could soon become more effective, affordable and sustainable for vegetable growers in California and beyond, thanks to a system under development at UC Davis that will help plants communicate with a robotic...

Links to recent UC weed articles in CAPCA Advisor

I thought I'd make a quick post today to share links to several recent articles in the trade publication "CAPCA Advisor".  This magazine is targeted towards Pest Control Advisors (CAPCA = California Association of Pest Control  Advisors) and is...

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