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Could weeds be controlled by zapping them? Extension will investigate. Oregon State University Extension. Available at https://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/could-weeds-be-controlled-zapping-them-extension-investigating.
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/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=53412
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
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/
Weed Control in Organic Blueberries: How Electricity is Changing the Game. 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/

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. https://doi.org/10.1002/crso.20373