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When we think about space missions, we tend to look toward the stars to planets like Mars where robotic rovers roam, gathering data and sending it back to Earth. Rarely do we think about missions closer to home.

This is a course that was developed for vineyards but it works for any crop. http://www.vineyardteam.org/resources/onlinecontinuingeducation.php Online Courses are now available for obtaining continuing education (CE) credits approved by the Department of Pesticide Regulations (DPR).

Just so we don't forget, but there are a lot more threats to California than ACP and PSHB. There's a lot more where they came from. Here's one that has landed in Florida that could easily with the shipment of infested plants arrive in California.

It never got very cold this winter in spite of the freeze we had at the turn of the new year. Insects that are normally knocked back by cold weather such as scales and the formidable Asian Citrus Psyllid continued on very well, thank you.

I was just speaking to a group of Certified Crop Advisors and there was some confusion about the units used by different labs to report their results, so I put together this sheet to help understand the relationship between the different terms.