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Weed-eating Biomachines

November 12, 2015
By Julie A Finzel
Weed-Eating Biomachines: How Grazing Livestock can Help Control Invasive Weeds In any good weed control program there are some basic steps that should be followed.
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UC IPM online courses offer DPR/SPCB continuing education units

November 10, 2015
By Cheryl A Reynolds
Are you looking for continuing education units (CEUs) to complete your renewal application this year for the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR)? The UC Statewide IPM Program has several online courses available that can help you get those last few needed credits.
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Glyphosate vs Bacon

November 9, 2015
By Cheryl A Wilen
When the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization that reviews scientific papers about substances for their likelihood to cause cancer in humans, reported that glyphosate probably causes cancer, there were many voices calling for its removal from use in the U...
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Water hyacinth surfactant test

November 4, 2015
In summer 2015, USDA-ARS and UC Davis Dept of Plant Sciences set up a water hyacinth control study with California Department of Boating & Waterways. The goal of the study was to determine the best of several different surfactants to pair with an aquatic-use formulation of glyphosate.
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The beautiful world of weeds

October 28, 2015
A recent announcement for the Twentynine Palms (CA) annual weed show got me thinking about how we (okay...I...) view unwanted plants. As a weed scientist, I spend >99% of my time thinking critically about weeds...specifically, their biology, ecology and management.
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