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Rachael Long and Supervisor Angel Barajas hold up a plaque.
ANR Employee News: Article

Celebration Corner

September 29, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Editor's note: This new monthly feature provides an opportunity to recognize UC ANR colleagues and teams. Send your shout-outs to contentpipeline@ucanr.edu.
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citrus K deficiency
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Leaf Analysis Time of Year

September 29, 2023
By Ben A Faber
If you haven't done it yet, it's that time of year to be doing leaf analysis for citrus and avocados. Analysis prevents deficiency symptoms from appearing and maintains good yields, all else being well done.
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Espaliered fruit trees in January 2021 at Patrick Ranch. Laura Kling
The Real Dirt: Article

Espalier Gardening

September 29, 2023
There is a bit of ancient Rome and a taste of old Egypt at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at the Patrick Ranch. Butte County MGs are practicing espaliering, the early horticultural art of training and pruning a tree or shrub to grow flat against a support.
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day of triffids
Under the Solano Sun: Article

From Green to Gory

September 29, 2023
Over the years, filmmakers have ingeniously incorporated plants into the narratives of all kinds of movies including horror and thriller movies, creating a unique and chilling atmosphere that lingers long after the credits roll.
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CC Edwards (left), a doctoral student and mosquito research in the lab of UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, answers questions about mosquitoes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

An 'Invasion' of Household Vampires at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

September 28, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They saw mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, lice and bed bugs at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Household Vampires." They learned that "medical entomologist is the study of arthropods (such as insects and ticks) that spread pathogens that cause human disease.
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Figure 1: Broomrape species a: Egyptian broomrape (left) grown in bio-control greenhouse with branched broomrape (right), b: branched broomrape, c: two color morphs of small broomrape, d: ivy broomrape e: dessert broomrape
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Broomrape Species: ecological insights and economic significance

September 28, 2023
By Brad Hanson
The Orobanchaceae family comprises 270 holoparasitic species that cannot photosynthesize. Instead, they rely entirely on the host plant roots for nutrition, and can produce great numbers of minute, dust-like seeds that last for years in the soil.
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Hand pick snails the early morning. (All photos: Nancy Devaurs)
Fresno Gardening Green: Article

This week in the garden: Sept. 29 - Oct. 7

September 28, 2023
Pick a bouquet of herbs in the early morning to retain flavor. Keep them in a vase and use them all week. Tasks Monitor soil moisture after rain and water if needed, especially for trees and shrubs. Renovate cool-season lawns remove thatch and aerate.
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