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Thiobencarb Monitoring Schedule

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Weekly monitoring will start at all sites tomorrow, May 7. We increase monitoring around the Memorial Day holiday weekend with the program continuing into July.

Please reference the thiobencarb waterhold chart in communication when making irrigation decisions. The Department of Pesticide Regulation provides waterholding information in the Rice Pesticides Water Management Requirements Summary (pdf) and the table we created of waterhold, pre-harvest interval and restricted entry interval for rice pesticide (pdf). Please note, the table does not supersede the label instructions and county permit conditions.

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Requirement to plant certified or QA seed

Requirement to plant certified or QA seed

A reminder that all rice in California must be planted using certified seed or seed that has gone through a quality assurance program. This requirement is in place to reduce the spread of weedy rice (red rice) through the planting of contaminated seed, one of the major vectors for the pest. CCIA certifies seed for owned varieties and provides quality assurance programs for off patent varieties. 

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