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Revisiting Soil Solarization for Weed Management
Welcome to summer! Or at least I think it's summer since southern California is having a very strong “June Gloom” period that started before June and has touched July. You folks up north have had some pretty hot days though. That got me to...
South American spongeplant - basic and applied studies
The Madsen lab is working on South American spongeplant (Limnobium laevigatum), a relatively new invader in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Photo 1). Spongeplant is a floating aquatic weed that somewhat resembles waterhyacinth and can be found...
Weed management in organic processing tomatoes
Weeds are one of the biggest challenges to organic vegetable production and can be expensive to manage since herbicides are not an option. Though sub-surface drip irrigation is the most common method of irrigation in processing tomatoes in California,...
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UC IPM online courses: New Fuller rose beetle course and early-bird pricing
Summer is here, and we're halfway through 2019 already! Why not get jump on finishing up your continuing education units by taking online courses from the UC Statewide IPM Program (UC IPM). If you are a license or certificate holder from the California...
Curlyleaf pondweed phenology project
During summer 2019 the Madsen lab is sampling curlyleaf pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) at multiple locations to determine the effects of water temperature, air temperature, and water turbidity on plant growth and reproduction. We collect plants each...
John Miskella (left) and Rui Adachi sampling for curlyleaf pondweed in Putah Creek. Photo: Sara Ohadi.
