Dr. Bradley D. Hanson, Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist

orcid.org/0000-0003-4462-5339

Ph.D. 2004. University of Idaho
M.S. 1999. University of Idaho
B.S. 1996. Iowa State University

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My research skills and interests are oriented to using field-based research to reduce the impact of weeds on cropping system productivity.  Although I seek integrated approaches to weed management using chemical, cultural, biological/cultural, and physical manipulations of the cropping system, the bulk of my weed control work is related to herbicides.  I appreciate integration of laboratory and greenhouse research that supports my field program in order to try to answer both very applied and also basic weed science research questions.

As a Cooperative Extension Specialist, the research in my program often is done in collaboration with farmers, farm advisors, faculty, and other specialists in order to effectively and efficiently serve the statewide perennial crop industries.

My lab has four focus areas:

1. chemical and cultural weed control research in perennial crops, and support for weed control in annual cropping systems;
2. biology and management of branched broomrape in processing tomato;
3. herbicide-crop interactions and herbicide fate in the environment; and
4. pesticide registration support via the UC Davis IR-4 Field Research Center