California’s commercial orchards are home to nearly 2.5 million acres of almonds, walnuts, stone fruit and similar crops. Growers focus their most intense weed management efforts on establishing a clear crop row so that weeds won’t interfere with irrigation lines, compete with crops for water, or impede the use of sweepers and other harvesting equipment.
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Source: Phys.org