A repost today from the Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative. Int this snap shot, AHRI discusses new Monsanto technology called BioDirect (RNAi) for control of glyphosate-resistant weeds with glyphosate.
On Earth Day. Managing weeds is a costly and difficult task. Yet their impacts to the environment are high. Herbicides or hoes cost money and the impacts to the environment when weeds grow unchecked are also significant. The costs of managing invasive species are staggering.
The newest issue of the journal "California Agriculture" (April-June 2013) published by the University of California and UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources just came out and has two articles written by UC weed researchers Check out the whole issue here or the specific articles at the l...
This is a new-to-me weed, even though it's growing all around Robbins Hall where I've been working since typewriter times. Fumitory (Fumaria spp.) is a lacy, vine-like annual native to Europe. Looks sort of like parsley, though it's not related.