California Weed Science Society Journal - new issue focused on herbicide resistance!

Jan 9, 2013

A quick post today to share a link to the California Weed Science Society Journal.  Click here for a direct link to the January 2013 edition of the CWSS Research Update and News.  This edition focuses on herbicide resistance and includes articles by UC Farm Advisors, UC Cooperative Extension Specialists, CSU-Fresno faculty, UC Davis researchers, and herbicide industry researchers :

CWSSJ cover Jan 2013

  • Introduction - Steve Orloff
  • Selection pressure, shifting populations, and herbicide resistance - Lynn Sosnoskie and Brad Hanson
  • Implementing methods to avoid weed shifts and weed resistance in Roundup Ready alfalfa systems - Steve Orloff, Dan Putnam, and Mick Canevari
  • Herbicide-resistant weed issues and solutions in agronomic crops in the San Joaquin Valley - Steve Wright, Steve Orloff, and Anil Shrestha
  • Rotate herbicide modes of action to prevent and manage glyphosate-resistant weeds in orchards and vineyards - Brad Hanson and Lynn Sosnoskie
  • Evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds or species shifts in non-crop areas of the Central Valley - Anil Shrestha, Steve Wright, Kurt Hembree, and Rick Miller
  • Also, information on the about-to-be-released new book "Weed Control in Natural Areas in the Western United States" - edited by Joe DiTomaso

There will be a number of presentations on herbicide resistance as well as general weed management problems and solutions at the upcoming (Jan 22-25) 65th Annual California Weed Science Society Meeting in Sacramento.  The theme this year is "Weed Management: A Career with a Bright Future in California".  Click here for a preliminary meeting program.

Take care,

Brad

 


By Brad Hanson
Author - Cooperative Extension Specialist