2009 – Lowering the Boom on Weeds
- Cover Page
- 2009/2010 Board of Directors
- 2009 Award of Excellence Recipient – Ellen Dean
- 2009 Award of Excellence Recipient – Wayne T. Lanini
- 2009 Student Contest Winners and Scholarship Recipients
- 2009 Conference Sponsors
- 2009 Conference Exhibitors
- Forty-Mile an Hour Alfalfa – a poem by David Haskell
- Common Weeds Commonly Confused
Ellen Dean, Center for Plant Diversity, University of California, Davis
- Poa Biology and Control in Turf
Todd Mayhew, Valent Corporation, Gilbert, AZ
- What Weed Control Professionals Need to Know About Monsanto’s New Roundup PROMAX™ Formulation
Martin Lemon, Monsanto Corporation, Redlands
- What’s New in Turf Weed Control?
James Baird, University of California, Riverside
- Aerial Application Technology
Richard Stoltz, California Aerial Applicators Association
- The Latest in Biotechnology and Herbicide Tolerant Crops
Bill Curran, Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Evans, CO
- Changing Landscape of Agronomic Crops in California
Doug Munier, UC Cooperative Extension, Glenn County
- Managing Herbicide Resistance Using Alternative Rice Stand Establishment Techniques
Albert J. Fischer, Michael Moechnig, Randall G. Mutters, James E. Hill, Chris Greer, Luis Espino, James W. Eckert, University of California, Davis
- New Opportunities Offer Control of Problem Weeds and Grasses in Alfalfa
Mick Canevari, UC Cooperative Extension, San Joaquin County
- Developing Science-Based Strategies to Manage Water Conveyance, Weeds and Sediment in Water Supply
R.MacArthur*, A Rabidoux**, A.Shvidchenko*, L.Anderson***, B.Cruey*, J.Pan* *Northwest Hydraulic Consultants (NHC), West Sacramento, CA **Solano County Water Agency (SCWA), Elmira, CA ***USDA-ARS Exotic and Invasive Weed Research, Davis, CA
- Applying the Fundamentals of Weed Science in Vegetable Crops
Steve Fennimore, University of California, Salinas
- Registering Herbicides in Specialty Crops – An Industry Prospective
Roger Gast, Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN
- Nutsedge Control in Onions
Richard Smith, UC Cooperative Extension, Monterey County and Oleg Daugovish, UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County
- Student Paper: Is There a Bigger Role for Precision Agriculture in Vegetable Crops?
Christina George, University of California, Davis, Steven A. Fennimore, UC Davis, Salinas, John Rachuy, UC Cooperative Extension, Davis
- Mulches and Their Impact on Weeds
Oleg Daugovish and Maren Mochizuki, UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County
- Student Paper: Pre-Commercial Screening of the Leading Biofuel Crop Miscanthus x giganteus for Invasive Plant Traits
Jeremiah Mann, University of California, Davis
- CalTrans District 10 Weed Management Strategies: Got Russian Thistle, Marestail and Fleabane?
Bill Nantt, California Department of Transportation, Stockton
- Santa Clara Valley Water District Weed Management Strategies: Got Regulations?
Mark Wander, Santa Clara Valley Water District
- Enhancing the Transmission Corridors for all Stake Holders: A Cooperative Effort
Bob Brenton, Brenton VMS, Folsom
- Potential Expansion of CDFA’s Noxious Weeds Based on a Climate Matching Model
Joseph DiTomaso, University of California, Davis
- Efficacy of a Natural Product on Some Common Vineyard and Orchard Weeds
Anil Shrestha, California State University, Fresno and John Roncoroni, UC Cooperative Extension, Napa
- Evaluation of Reduced Methyl Bromide Rates and Alternative Fumigants in a Stonefruit Nursery
Bradley Hanson, USDA – ARS, Parlier
- Developments in Organic Herbicides in Specialty Crops
Shosha Capps and W. Thomas Lanini, University of California, Davis
- Matrix Tree and Vine Herbicide: Performance and Crop Safety Update
Ron Vargas, Emeritus, UC Cooperative Extension, Madera
- Rangeland Pasture Cost-Share WMA Cost Share Program for Invasive Thistle Control
James L. Sullins, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare County, Steven D. Wright, UC Cooperative Extension, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare County, Elizabeth Palmer, USDA-NRCS
- Biology and Management of Horseweed and Hairy Fleabane in California
Anil Shrestha, Dept. of Plant Science, California State Fresno, CA, Kurt Hembree, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno, CA and Steve Wright, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare
- Fertility Injury Symptoms
Roland Meyers, Emeritus, University of California, Davis
- Diagnosing Abiotic Disorders of Landscape Plants
Larry Costello, UC Cooperative Extension, San Mateo and San Francisco Counties
- Evaluation and Classification of Inert Ingredients in Pesticides
Patti Tenbrook, US Environmental Protection Agency, San Francisco
- Traversing the Maze of Pesticide Enforcement
Juli Jensen, Sacramento County Department of Agriculture, Sacramento
- Pesticide Toxicology
John Lamb, California Poison Control System, Sacramento
- Simazine Degradation Rates in Central Valley Soils with Annual or No Simazine Use Histories
Christine Rainbolt , Brad Hanson , Anil Shrestha , and Dale Shaner USDA ARS, Parlier, CA, California State University, Fresno, USDA ARS, Fort Collins, CO
- Effects of Glyphosate to Control Exotic Annuals for Coastal Sage Scrub Restoration
Kristin A Weathers *, Edith B. Allen , Carl E. Bell and Milton E. McGiffen, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA. Cooperative Extension, University of California, San Diego, CA
- Evaluations of Herbicides for Dodder Control in Tomatoes
Matthew Linder, University of California, Davis
- Weeds and Crops as Sources of Inoculum for Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in California
Michelle Le Strange, C. Scott Stoddard, and Thomas A. Turini, UC Cooperative Extension, Tulare & Kings, Merced & Madera, and Fresno Counties
- Time and Temperature Requirements for Thermal Death of Seeds of Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis L.) and Black Mustard (Brassica nigra L.)
Carrie C. Tuell-Todd, Ruth M. Dahlquist, and Michael Kunz, Fresno Pacific University, James J. Stapleton, Statewide IPM Program, UC Kearney Ag Center, Parlier
- Evaluation of a New Natural Product Herbicide for Rice Weed Control
M.E. Koivunen, R.N. Asolkar, H. Huang, S. Shu, C. Morgan, A.L Cordova-Kreylos, S. Navarro, P.G. Marrone, Marrone Organic Innovations, Inc., Davis
- Using Passive Solar Heating Tents for Eradication of Weed Seed-Bearing Plant Material in Remote Areas
James J. Stapleton and Susan B. Mallek, Statewide IPM Program, UC Kearney Ag Center, Parlier, CA; Ron Eng, CDFA, Sacramento, CA; Albert Franklin, US DOI-BLM, Folsom, CA
- Honorary Members of the California Weed Science Society 2009
- Award of Excellence Recipients of the California Weed Science Society
- List of 2009 CWSS Conference Attendees
- 2009 Honorary Members – Deb Shatley, David Haskell and Bruce Kidd