Posts Tagged: broomrape

Large scale demonstration of chemigated rimsulfuron treatments for branched broomrape control in California processing tomato

Large scale demonstration of chemigated rimsulfuron treatments for branched broomrape control in California processing tomato Matthew Fatino, Brad Hanson Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Davis Branched broomrape is an obligate holoparasite that can attach to a wide variety of...

Nutrient Strategies to Combat Branched Broomrape

Broomrapes (Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.) are obligate plant parasites with a broad range of agricultural crop hosts. In non-parasitic plant species, seeds generally initiate germination when exposed to favorable conditions of temperature, humidity, oxygen, and, occasionally, light. However, for...

Branched broomrape: what we want to avoid in CA

Last week, I had a chance to visit research cooperators in Chile and tour some of their processing tomato fields with serious infestations of the parasitic weed, branched broomrape and it was really eye opening for me.  We've had collaborative projects with researchers at the UC Davis Chile...

Equipment sanitation survey (broomrape and other pests/pathogens)

A group of crop pest management and food safety researchers across the U.S. is currently gathering grower and ag industry information on field equipment sanitation practices with the ultimate goal of designing research to address needs of the agricultural industry and consumers. My interest in...

SCRI Sanitation QR slides-UCD

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Matt Fatino, WSSA graduate student of the month

From the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Graduate Student Organization newsletter (Oct. 2023) * * * * * * Graduate Student of the Month Matthew (Matt) Fatino, Ph.D. Candidate with the Hanson Lab at UC Davis, is the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) graduate student of the...

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