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  • Doctoral candidate Matt Fatino, center, is one of the 'weed doctors' who will be available during Picnic Day 2024 to answer people's questions about the pesky plants growing in their lawns, fields and pastures. Whitney Brim-DeForest, left, is a Department of Plant Sciences graduate and expert in rice-field weeds who now is the UC Cooperative Extension County Director for Sutter and Yuba counties. (UC Davis)
    Weed doctors seek solutions for pesky plants

    Hanson: “Some weeds you can only eat once” Dandelions are pretty, but weeds nationwide cost homeowners, farmers, ranchers and land managers tens of billions of dollars each year in control measures and lost production. They also...


    By Trina Kleist
    Author - Communications Specialist
    By Gale Perez
    Posted by - Public Education Specialist
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    Feathertop

    For years, I thought I was seeing fountain grass, an invasive grass that is found in all kinds of wild and disturbed settings.  I was told it got its name because it was the only thing that would grow around communal fountains where people tamped...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
  • Our Student Winners!  From left to right: Sawyer Claussen, Robert Willmott, Jennifer Valdez Herrera, Erika Escalona, and Stephen Chang
    CWSS: Student Winners and Schlorship Opportunity!

    **** Students, it is the time of year to apply for the CWSS Student Scholarship! Awards will be given to both graduate and undergraduate students ranging from $1,000-2,000. Any students interested in Weed Science should apply! Click here to submit an...


    By Thomas J Getts
    Author - Weed Ecology & Cropping Systems Advisor
  • Image 1. Avocado weeds
    Weed B Gone and Tree B Gone?

    With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there is a lot of natural ground cover growing, When it gets out of hand, we call it weedy. It might still serve the purpose of protecting the ground from...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
    By Gale Perez
    Posted by - Public Education Specialist
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    Avocado Seminar - April 11

      Please join us at one of our California Avocado Growers Seminar Series.     Presented byCalifornia Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension   Check...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
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  • Doctoral candidate Matt Fatino, center, is one of the 'weed doctors' who will be available during Picnic Day 2024 to answer people's questions about the pesky plants growing in their lawns, fields and pastures. Whitney Brim-DeForest, left, is a Department of Plant Sciences graduate and expert in rice-field weeds who now is the UC Cooperative Extension County Director for Sutter and Yuba counties. (UC Davis)
    Weed doctors seek solutions for pesky plants

    Hanson: “Some weeds you can only eat once” Dandelions are pretty, but weeds nationwide cost homeowners, farmers, ranchers and land managers tens of billions of dollars each year in control measures and lost production. They also...


    By Trina Kleist
    Author - Communications Specialist
    By Gale Perez
    Posted by - Public Education Specialist
  • feathertop distribution
    Feathertop

    For years, I thought I was seeing fountain grass, an invasive grass that is found in all kinds of wild and disturbed settings.  I was told it got its name because it was the only thing that would grow around communal fountains where people tamped...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
  • Our Student Winners!  From left to right: Sawyer Claussen, Robert Willmott, Jennifer Valdez Herrera, Erika Escalona, and Stephen Chang
    CWSS: Student Winners and Schlorship Opportunity!

    **** Students, it is the time of year to apply for the CWSS Student Scholarship! Awards will be given to both graduate and undergraduate students ranging from $1,000-2,000. Any students interested in Weed Science should apply! Click here to submit an...


    By Thomas J Getts
    Author - Weed Ecology & Cropping Systems Advisor
  • Image 1. Avocado weeds
    Weed B Gone and Tree B Gone?

    With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there is a lot of natural ground cover growing, When it gets out of hand, we call it weedy. It might still serve the purpose of protecting the ground from...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
    By Gale Perez
    Posted by - Public Education Specialist
  • fertilizer organic 1
    Avocado Seminar - April 11

      Please join us at one of our California Avocado Growers Seminar Series.     Presented byCalifornia Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension   Check...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
Combined Blogs
  • Doctoral candidate Matt Fatino, center, is one of the 'weed doctors' who will be available during Picnic Day 2024 to answer people's questions about the pesky plants growing in their lawns, fields and pastures. Whitney Brim-DeForest, left, is a Department of Plant Sciences graduate and expert in rice-field weeds who now is the UC Cooperative Extension County Director for Sutter and Yuba counties. (UC Davis)
    Weed doctors seek solutions for pesky plants

    Hanson: “Some weeds you can only eat once” Dandelions are pretty, but weeds nationwide cost homeowners, farmers, ranchers and land managers tens of billions of dollars each year in control measures and lost production. They also...


    By Trina Kleist
    Author - Communications Specialist
    By Gale Perez
    Posted by - Public Education Specialist
  • feathertop distribution
    Feathertop

    For years, I thought I was seeing fountain grass, an invasive grass that is found in all kinds of wild and disturbed settings.  I was told it got its name because it was the only thing that would grow around communal fountains where people tamped...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
  • Our Student Winners!  From left to right: Sawyer Claussen, Robert Willmott, Jennifer Valdez Herrera, Erika Escalona, and Stephen Chang
    CWSS: Student Winners and Schlorship Opportunity!

    **** Students, it is the time of year to apply for the CWSS Student Scholarship! Awards will be given to both graduate and undergraduate students ranging from $1,000-2,000. Any students interested in Weed Science should apply! Click here to submit an...


    By Thomas J Getts
    Author - Weed Ecology & Cropping Systems Advisor
  • Image 1. Avocado weeds
    Weed B Gone and Tree B Gone?

    With all the rain last year, even extending into August and now with the rains since December there is a lot of natural ground cover growing, When it gets out of hand, we call it weedy. It might still serve the purpose of protecting the ground from...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor
    By Gale Perez
    Posted by - Public Education Specialist
  • fertilizer organic 1
    Avocado Seminar - April 11

      Please join us at one of our California Avocado Growers Seminar Series.     Presented byCalifornia Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension   Check...


    By Ben Faber
    Author - Advisor