UCNFA News

Spring 2012 Edition (Volume 16, Issue 1)

The University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) aims to serve the educational needs of the various agricultural production industries in California that produce greenhouse ornamental crops and outdoor nursery products. UCNFA News is a periodic publication focusing on issues and new research in subject areas of interest to the nursery and floriculture industry.

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Editor's note

This issue focuses on weeds and weed management for nursery and floricultural operations. Our featured articles were written by researchers who usually work in other agricultural crops, but the information they present is all applicable to your nursery operations. Topics include: (1) “high-tech” mechanical weeders, (2) weed control with herbicides in field conditions, (3) evaluation of organic herbicides, and (4) the use of steam and other management practices to control weed seeds in soil. Also included are weed-control related articles in our “Regional Reports” from the farm advisors, “Science to the Grower” from Richard Evans, and “Get Cultured” from Don Merhaut.

We acknowledge the importance of disease and insect pest management issues to all nursery operators and, in our last issue, introduced a new column “Disease Focus” written by Plant Pathologist Deborah Matthews. With this issue, we begin another new column “Insect Hot Topics,” with regular contributions from Farm Advisor Jim Bethke.

Steve Tjosvold
Julie Newman
Editors