UC Rice Blog

The annual Rice Field Day will be Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California. We cordially invite you and your associates to join us for this event.

I have been getting several messages about off-type plants that are starting to head. They are taller, paler, and could be confused with watergrass. Some of them have a flag leaf that is yellow and stands out. These plants are most likely infected with bakanae.

We have recently produced a series of videos on weedy rice identification in California. Each video is biotype-specific. Our UC Rice YouTube Channel also has many other recordings from our virtual meetings and webinars.

The UC Rice IPM Workgroup is holding a grower meeting on February 16th to provide research updates and exhibit a new decision-support tool under development. The meeting is relevant to rice growers and other rice industry experts throughout California.

RESCHEDULED 2022 Annual Rice Grower Meetings Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension -------------- 5 Locations -------------- NEW: Virtual Option WHERE & WHEN Richvale: Monday, March 14, 8:30am, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St.