UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia)

We received the following e-mail from the California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation. ************************************************** ...

One point I always make is that the sooner you control annual weeds, the better. The reduces crop-weed competition, along with a host of other issues caused by weeds (we'll save that for another blog). But the real key to forward-looking weed management is to kill the weed before it produces seeds.

A quick post to share a really interesting website created by the USGS National National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program.

There are few new herbicide active ingredients in the pipeline now. In the 1970s and 1980s several new active ingredients were introduced every year. There were lots of jobs in industry and weed science was the place to be. I myself was with ICI/Zeneca from 1983 to 1994 in their R&D group.

This is a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, approximately 80% Research and 20% Extension on a 12-month appointment. The position is available on or after August 1, 2015.