Resources

Extension Articles

• OSU Researchers Refine Electric Weeding. 2026. Oregon State University Extension. Available at https://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/osu-researchers-refine-electrical-weed-control
• Weed Control in Organic Blueberries: How Electricity is Changing the Game. 2024. Luisa C. Baccin and Marcelo L. Moretti, Oregon State University Department of Horticulture. Weeders of the West. Washington State University. Available at https://smallgrains.wsu.edu/weeders-of-the-west/2024/04/05/moretti/
• Zhen, T., & Hanson, B. D. 2024. Electrical weed control (EWC) in organic almonds and blueberries: Research update. University of California Weed Blog. Retrieved from https://ucanr.edu/blog/uc-weed-science/article/electrical-weed-control-ewc-organic-almonds-and-blueberries-research. Also available at: https://pacificnutproducer.com/2024/12/06/electrical-weed-control-ewc-in-organic-almonds-and-blueberries/
• Managing herbicide resistance with electric weed control. Marcelo Moretti. Weeders of the West blog. June 9, 2022. Available at https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=46080
• First impressions at UC Davis of an electric weed control system for orchard crops. Tong Zhen and Bradley Hanson. March 11, 2021. Available at https://ucanr.edu/blog/uc-weed-science-weed-control-management-ecology-and-minutia/article/first-impressions-uc-davis

Journal Articles

• Baccin, L.C. 2025. Electrical weed control in organic highbush blueberries. Ph.D Doctoral dissertation.Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University. Available at https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/fn1077307.
• Baccin, L. C. and Moretti, M. 2026, Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense L.) Management with Electrical Weed Control. Weed Research (under review).
• Baccin LC and Moretti ML (2025) Electrical weed control in organic highbush blueberry: influence of operational speed and number of applications on weed control. Front. Agron. 7:1688961. Available at https://doi.org/10.3389/fagro.2025.1688961
• Baccin, L. C. & Moretti, M. L. (2025). Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) Management with Electrical Weed Control. HortScience, 60(12), 2382–2387. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI18995-25
• Gordon, P., Holtz, B., , Murdock, J., Long,P., and Goodrich, B. 2024. Sample Costs to Produce Organic Almonds, SanJoaquin Valley North Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation. Available at https://www.almonds.org/sites/default/files/2025-05/AlmondOrganicNSJV%20Final%20Publish.pdf
• Moretti, M.L., Benedetti, T., Medeiros, P., Crisp, J., Mcomb, J., Weiland, J.E. and Zasada, I. 2024. Watts Up!. Crops & Soils Mag., 57: 16-19. Available at https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20373
• Zhen, T., & Hanson, B. D. (2025, July). Evaluation of Electrical Weed Control in a California Organic Almond Orchard.California Weed Science Society (CWSS) Research Update and News, 17(1), 10-14.1431

News Articles

• Whirlwind of innovation reinventing weed control. Real Agriculture. January 31st, 2025. Available at https://www.realagriculture.com/2025/01/whirlwind-of-innovation-reinvent...
• After the Volts: Is Weed Electrocution Safe for the Soil?. Emily Unglesbee. Grow Magazine. April 9, 2023. Available at https://growiwm.org/after-the-volts-is-weed-electrocution-safe-for-the-soil/
• Could weeds be controlled by zapping them? Extension is investigating. 2021. Fruit Growers News. Available at https://fruitgrowersnews.com/news/could-weeds-be-controlled-by-zapping-them-extension-is-investigating/.

Links

• Zasso Electric Weeding: https://zasso.com/