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Pest Notes
- 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

Reported observations of Cape Ricegrass in California.

Wildland Weed Alert: Cape Ricegrass (Stipa capensis)

February 26, 2024

Keep an eye out for this potential problem weed in southern California: Stipa capensis. First reported in 1995 in Riverside, this species is native to the Mediterranean and has established in the Coachella Valley of the Sonoran Desert.

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ANR Employee News: Article

Review evaluation process and learn about support tools

February 26, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The annual performance evaluation is an opportunity for staff and supervisors to recognize accomplishments, identify opportunities to build skills, and align individual efforts to high-level unit and division goals. The evaluation review period runs from April 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024.

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Community ecologist Louie Yang, professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, answers questions at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Monarchs and Milkweed." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Louie Yang: From Monarchs and Milkweed to Mentoring and More...

February 26, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Professor Louie Yang's monarch and milkweed research at the University of California, Davis, is quite celebrated.

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Person in protective gear applies pesticide to a tree.

ANR Employee News: Article

Pesticide policy trainings set for spring

February 26, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination has opened online registration for its annual UC ANR Pesticide Policy Update Trainings.

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Kearney news updates: Article

Highly successful grafting workshop held at Kearney.

February 26, 2024

By Ryan D Puckett

UCCE Small Farms Fresno hosted a very well attended grafting workshop at Kearney REC on Thursday, February 22nd. Attendees rotated through four stations and spent the day learning grafting techniques from local experts and UCCE specialists.

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Photo shows bees on a California poppy plant

Over the Fence (Alameda County): Article

Creating Wildlife Habitats Around Our Gardens, Decks and Balconies

February 26, 2024

By Diane Allen

Create wildlife habitats in your Alameda County garden with tips on supporting birds, bees, and other beneficial creatures around your home landscape.

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Over the Fence (Alameda County): Article

Creating Wildlife Habitats Around Our Gardens, Decks and Balconies

February 26, 2024

By Diane Allen

Create wildlife habitats in your Alameda County garden with tips on supporting birds, bees, and other beneficial creatures around your home landscape.

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Over the Fence (Alameda County): Article

Creating Wildlife Habitats Around Our Gardens, Decks and Balconies

February 26, 2024

By Diane Allen

Create wildlife habitats in your Alameda County garden with tips on supporting birds, bees, and other beneficial creatures around your home landscape.

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Classic symptom of anthracnose on strawberry fruit, brown to black sunken spot. Photo courtesy UC IPM.

Anthracnose is Around Right Now – Caution Advised

February 26, 2024

By Mark P Bolda, Yu-Chen Wang

We had picture brought in by a grower on Friday of some fruit from his field showing clear signs of anthracnose. That is to say, dark, lens shaped lesions on the fruit.

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Mancha de color negra a marrón, un poco hundida y dura. Foto por UC IPM.

Se avisa precaución- se ha encontrado antracnosis

February 26, 2024

By Mark P Bolda

Se nos entreg una foto por un productor en el vienes de la semana pasada de unas fresas de su campo que demostraron sntomas obvios de antracnosis. Quiere decir lesiones oscuras en forma de una lente por la superficie de la fruta.

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