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- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

At the Entomological Society of America meeting, doctoral candidate Mia Lippey (right) takes a selfie with Bodil Cass, former postdoctoral scholar in the lab of UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor Jay Rosenheim. Lippey won a coveted President's Prize for her presentation, "A Big Data Approach to Characterizing Impacts of Climate Warming on Agricultural Arthropod Populations."

Congrats to Mia Lippey and Ziv Lieberman, UC Davis Entomology Doctoral Candidates

November 22, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Congrats to two UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology doctoral candidates: Mia Lippey and Ziv Lieberman.

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Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

One Fungus = One Name: Fungal Nomenclature in the Age of Genetic Analysis

November 22, 2024

By Mark P Bolda, Yu-Chen Wang

A few weeks ago Mark got a call from a person who was wondering why a fungus that we work with, he believes it was Zythia ,also has another name, that being Gnomonia. There's quite a bit to sort out here, and so please follow us here.

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Sacramento Food Systems: Article

Workshop on agritourism regulations highlights good ideas, challenges across California

November 22, 2024

By Olivia M Henry

Image: California Department of Fish & Wildlife, CC BY 2.0.

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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Large scale demonstration of chemigated rimsulfuron treatments for branched broomrape control in California processing tomato

November 22, 2024

By Brad Hanson

Large scale demonstration of chemigated rimsulfuron treatments for branched broomrape control in California processing tomato Matthew Fatino, Brad Hanson Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Davis Branched broomrape is an obligate holoparasite that can attach to a wide variety of agr...

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Foundation created to energize community support for UC ANR mission

November 22, 2024

By Michael Hsu

The new University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Foundation has been established to advance UC ANR's essential research and extension mission.

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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI’s universal school meals research highlighted in Zócalo Public Square essay

November 22, 2024

By Danielle Lee, Monica D Zuercher

In her Zcalo Public Square essay, Nutrition Policy Institute researcher Monica Zuercher explores the benefits of universal school meals, a policy that gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The CalFresh Healthy Living, UC team prepared food from fresh produce for visitors to the UCSF Food Farmacy at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland. They also handed out recipes.

CFHL, UC and UCCE Alameda team up with UCSF for Food Farmacy

November 22, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Green peas, orange carrot cubes and squares of white tofu sizzled as they were stirred into brown rice in an electric frying pan. Smells good, commented a man walking to the fresh produce display.

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President Drake urges UC students, faculty and staff to get flu vaccine

November 22, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The following message is from UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. Colleagues: Respiratory virus season is approaching.

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Medfly Quarantine Area Expanded

November 22, 2024

By Ben A Faber

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA/APHIS) and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) expanded the Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly) quarantine in Alameda and Santa Clara counties in California twice in October.

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Fava beans are an attractive and popular cover crop due to their nitrogen-fixing effects in the soil. Photo: Flickr

UC Marin Master Gardeners: Article

December 2024: Giving the Garden a Rest

November 22, 2024

After an especially busy summer and fall harvest season, it was time to consider what to plant next in the Edible Demo Garden. In Marin its possible to grow vegetables year-round, however...

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