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UCNFA News Spring 2012 Vol 16 Issue 1

• Steaming And Other Management Practices For Pre-Plant Weed Control In Nurseries... 1
• Evaluation of Herbicides for Weed Control Efficacy and Crop Safety in Field Production of Nursery Fruit and Nut Trees... 6
• Machine-Guided Cultivation to Control Weeds in Field-Grown Cut Flowers... 9
• Organic Herbicides - Do They Work?... 11
• Science to the Grower: How much would you pay for a plant out of place?... 14
• Get Cultured: Non-chemical prevention of weeds in containers... 16
• Disease Focus: Weeds as a source of plant virus infections and bacterial leaf spot of poinsettia... 18
• Insect Hot Topics: Two New Pests from Florida... 19
• Regional Report Santa Cruz/Monterey: Herbicides for vegetation control on roadsides... 21
• Regional Report Ventura/Santa Barbara: Managing Invasive Plants in Nurseries... 22
• Regional Report San Diego/Riverside: Thrips resistance management... 25
  Field Observations: Invasive hairy crabweed... 26
• Gleanings from Meetings: 2011 Scouting and Spray Evaluation Workshop... 27