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Nominate UCCE academics for service awards by April 1

February 20, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Nominations are being accepted for the 2024 ANR Distinguished Service Awards, which are sponsored by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Academic Assembly Council. Take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to recognize outstanding achievement by yourself or your colleagues.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Winter Notes from an Organic Avocado Grower

February 20, 2024
By Ben A Faber
By Shawn Martin, organic grower and CA Avocado Society Board member It's never clear what winter will deliver to a coastal avocado grove on a steep slope, so the grower must be ready for whatever happens. And the main thing is rainfall. And Frost. And sometimes drought. And be ready for fire.
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A feral honey bee colony (now gone) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Presidential Love of Bees: From 'Bee Houses' to 'Bee Trees'

February 19, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Today, on Presidents' Day, let's buzz back in history to our first President and his love of honey bees. Picture this: George Washington (Feb. 22, 1732-Dec. 14, 1799) is eating hoecakes with honey, and adding honey to his tea, something that historians say he did every day.
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Rice (photo: Brad Hooker)
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New Herbicide Registered in California Rice for 2024: Cliffhanger™

February 18, 2024
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
California rice growers will have a new herbicide available this year: Cliffhanger, manufactured by Gowan Company. The active ingredient is benzobicyclon, which is the same as one of the two active ingredients in the currently registered herbicide, Butte.
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Photo by Penny Pawl
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

The family Lepidoptera

February 17, 2024
I recently saw an image on a Facebook page devoted to owls that generated a lot of discussion. Some people thought the creature in the image was a butterfly; others were sure it was a moth. I decided it was a moth based on information I had found online.
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Together@Work: Article

Creating Transformation: Wrap up of the EDI Summit

February 16, 2024
By Elizabeth A Moon
Reflecting on the inaugural EDI (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Summit, Creating Transformation, held from January 31 to February 1, 2024, I'm inspired by a profound sense of hope and renewed determination.
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Bohart associate and entomologist, Nazzy Pakpour, PhD, author of "Please Don't Bite Me: Insects that Buzz, Bite and Sting," greets guests at the Bohart Museum. In back are Bohart director Jason Bond (right) conversing with Brennen Dyer, collections manager. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

At the Bohart: Life Is Better With Bugs

February 16, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They came. They saw. They held out their hands. Hands? Yes, to hold Madagascar hissing cockroaches and stick insects (walking sticks). The Bohart Museum of Entomology greeted some 1400 visitors during the 13th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, an event held Feb.
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