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As troublesome herbicide resistant weeds continue to develop and spread across the United States, effective weed management strategies require the use of multiple effective techniques to be used rather than relying on a singular method of weed control.

And doing it in the dark? In a recent paper, David Pattemore and associates reveal some fairly different observations about avocado flowering. One, that the female stage can be open and potentially receptive to pollination at night.

STUDY FORECASTS COST OF REGULATIONS ON CALIFORNIA CITRUS INDUSTRY Citrus Research Board Report Explains Cost Impacts on Growers August 20, 2018 Visalia, Calif.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Beautiful things can happen when plants surround themselves with the right microbes. A study on Acmispon strigosus, a plant in the pea family, showed a 13-fold growth increase in plants that partnered with a highly effective strain of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Bradyrhizobium.

This is the most recent activity summary of a group of organizations working on the Invasive Shot Hole Borers and their associated fungal symbionts.