- Author: Ben Faber
- Author: Ben Faber
The meeting will include a presentation by Sam Santander (CDFA-Avocado Inspection Service), Ken Melban (CAC) and a Q/A on avocado growing in the SJV. There will be also 2 visits to GEM growers in the local area. Directions to the tour stops will be provided at the meeting.
San Joaquin Valley Avocado Meeting, December 5, 2022, 8:30 AM to ~12:30 PM
UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center, 22963 Carson Ave, Exeter, CA 93221
PLEASE RSVP to Mary Lu Arpaia, mlarpaia@ucanr.edu with Subject Line: 12/5/22 Avocado Meeting
Mary Lu Arpaia
Professor of Extension, Subtropical Horticulture
University of California
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
Riverside, CA 92521
- Author: Ben Faber
Put a bunch of natural historians together with their collections and images and what do you end up with - a collection of all the bee species held by some of the biggest entomology institutions around the United States:
https://library.big-bee.net/portal/index.php
The Bee Library is an online repository of bee image, trait, and specimen data. The portal has a worldwide scope and may include other taxa that are not bees but interact with bees (i.e., bee parasites). The contributors to this resource are varied and include the many taxonomists, data managers, and bee ecologists whose work it is to determine bee specimens and help us understand bee evolution and ecology. The Bee Library recommends citing the repository for a bee specimen, the specimen catalog number, and who determined the specimen in any publication that references data from this portal. Images are free for reuse, but please cite the institution that provided the image.
These data are currently growing due to the work of the Extending Anthophila Research Through Image and Trait Digitization National Science Foundation Project (Big-Bee). Big-Bee is a collaboration of 13 universities, research stations, natural history collections, and agencies who aim to share images, label, and functional trait (i.e., flight timing, host plant, body size) data for over 5000 bee species
- Author: Ben Faber
REGISTER TODAY!What?: Airblast Sprayer Calibration TrainingWhen?:November 18, 2022Where?:UC Kearney Ag Center, Parlier, CA |
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The Airblast Sprayer Calibration Training is a 4-hour hands-on sprayer calibration training involving classroom and field exercises. It will cover sprayer calibration steps, methods, and calculations with worked examples, including use of a decision support tool. This training will focus on axial airblast sprayer applications directed to citrus (and other tree and vine) canopies; no herbicide boom sprayer applications. |
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3.5 of 'Other' CEUs approved by California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). |
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- Author: Ben Faber
Wow. Lots of information on-line at the Citrus Research Board website, covering the latest on such topics as Citrus Leprosis, Asian Citrus Psyllid, Scions, Rootstocks and more