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This is the most recent activity summary of a group of organizations working on the Invasive Shot Hole Borers and their associated fungal symbionts.

So I got called out to see an orchard that had dieback. Over the phone it sounded like Dothiorella Leaf Blight (http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=10354). This symptom shows up when there has been water stress of some sort, over a period of a few weeks to months.

When a biocontrol agent turns on you, it can be painful. Recently a grower called in asking about an insect that had bit him when he picked it up. It caused a fearsome pain and some swelling.

UC IPM Staff Writer Celebrate 2018 Honey Bee Day Celebrate National Honey Bee Day by brushing up on your knowledge of bee protectioncheck out the newly revised Best Management Practices to Protect Bees from Pesticides and Bee Precaution Pesticide Ratings from UC IPM.

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