- (Focus Area) Economic Development
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
The katydid nymph did.
It did appear in May.
The UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) tells us that katydid nymphs appear in our gardens in April or May.
This little nymph was right on time, barely, as it surfaced in our Vacaville garden on May 28.
The nymph, a leafeater, is usually so camouflaged in the vegetation that we don't see it--unless it's hanging out on a California golden poppy blossom or a neon pink rock purslane. The adult katydid can be an economic pest when it feeds on such crops as mandarins.
Frankly, it can look quite comical as it "walks the walk," its long...
- Author: Paramveer Singh
- Author: Richard Smith
University of California Cooperative Extension
2024 Automated Technology Field Day
Thursday, June 27, 2024 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Hartnell East Campus, Salinas, CA
1752 East Alisal Road, Salinas (follow signs to demonstration area)
Topics
- Growing role of automated technologies in precision weeding and other ag operations
- Automated weeders, thinners and sprayers from several companies will be demonstrated on planted crops
- Technologies...
- Author: Mike Hsu
Estudiantes del condado de Tehama fueron liderados por el programa CalFresh Healthy Living, un educador de UCCE y sus maestros
Estudiantes de sexto grado de una secundaria en el condado de Tehama vieron que necesitaban más espacios y equipo para hacer actividad física en su plantel y aceptaron el reto de un asesor de UCCE, para investigar cuáles eran las necesidades de sus compañeros y plasmar en un reporte los resultados.
El grupo de estudiantes puso en marcha una encuesta en la que participaron más de 80 estudiantes de la secundaria Evergreen y con un reporte en mano con los resultados y recomendaciones...
- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
A noted authority on California's tropical fruit fly invasion says the state is in "crisis mode."
"It's really serious," says UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey, a noted authority on the invasion of tropical fruit flies.
Professor Carey will discuss his findings at a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 4:10 p.m., Monday, June 3 in Room 122 of Briggs Hall. His seminar, titled "California's Fruit Fly Invasion Crisis," also will be on Zoom. The Zoom link:
https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/9 5882849672.
"After seven decades of near-continuous outbreaks...
- Author: Saoimanu Sope
In late April, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources hosted its first regional meeting for UC Cooperative Extension advisors and specialists based in Southern California. The meeting, hosted by Daniel Obrist, vice provost, and Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty, director for county Cooperative Extension, brought together 50 participants over two days for networking and collaboration.
Based on feedback collected from ANR's Statewide Conference in April 2023, academics indicated a desire to meet more frequently opposed to waiting for the...