Photos and Videos
Electric Weed Control in Organic Highbush Blueberry, 2024
Electric Weed Control of Hazelnut Orchards, Oregon State University, 2022
Photos and Videos from Cornell University, 2022
1. Zasso electric weed control unit on display (left) and in operation (right) at Cornell Agritech in Geneva, NY.
2. Video of Zasso unit in operation at Cornell Agritech in Geneva, NY.
3. Yellow Nutsedge before and 24 hours after treatment with electric weeding.
4. Before and after treatment with the Zasso unit in a weedy, non-cropped field. Weeds are a mixture of broadleaf annuals (common Lambsquarters, pigweed, common ragweed), annual grasses (yellow foxtail, barnyardgrass, large crabgrass) and yellow nutsedge.
5. Left:Treated and non-treated strip 2 weeks after electric weeding.
Photos from the University of California Davis, 2022
1. Zasso Electric Weed Control Machine on a fallowed field in Davis, CA.
2. Horseweed tap root damage 14 days after treatment from a higher voltage treatment (Left), and a lower voltage treatment (Right).
3. Left: Treated strip 3 days after treatment, Middle: injured plant 1 day after treatment, Right: injured plant 7 days after treatment.
4. Prostrate pigweed and field bindweed: left: 1 day after treatmen; middle: 7 days after treatment; right: 7 days after treatment.
5. Injured hairy fleabane 7 days after treatment.
6.Figure 6. EWC machine running in an almond orchard (left) and desiccated burclover 3 days after treatment (right).
Funding
This project was funded in 2021 by the Organic Research and Extension Initiative grant, part of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Grant number 2021-51300-34911