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Photo 2. Manifolds to inject Kerb
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Drip injection of Kerb evaluated

April 24, 2022
By Richard F Smith, Michael D Cahn
Richard Smith is the Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor and Michael Cahn is the Irrigation and Water Resources Farm Advisor. Both are with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Monterey County.
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Photo 1. Necrosis and yellowing of young leaves (Photo courtesy of Andy Robinson, NDSU)
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Potatoes and Glyphosate: A Mismatch

April 17, 2022
By Jaspreet K Sidhu
Jaspreet Sidhu is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor in Kern County. Glyphosate, a popular non-selective herbicide is widely used in agriculture to provide cost-effective, broad-spectrum weed control in more than 100 crops.
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malva parviflora
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Meddlesome Mallow

April 11, 2022
In January I visited a small property to help identify various plants that had taken over an acre of unirrigated land. The property owner wanted to know how to manage the weeds, and if horses could safely graze them.
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