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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Fungus in the Field

July 31, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Field Finds: Fungus Among Us Siomara Zendejas, Ventura County UCCE SRA I stumbled upon this delightful find while doing some field work in an avocado orchard. The light coming in through the canopy made it very easy to spot the branch among the leaf litter.
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fuller rose beetle adult
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Fuller Rose Beetle Sampling Protocol

July 31, 2023
By Ben A Faber
USDA-APHIS Approves New Fuller Rose Beetle Mitigation a Voluntary Option to Reduce Pesticide Applications By Sandipa Gautam, Area Citrus IPM Advisor UCCE James R Cranney, President CCQC At the request of the California Citrus Quality Council (CCQC) USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service...
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Photo of Spotted wilt virus on tomatoes
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Tomato Diseases in the Home Garden

July 31, 2023
By Help Desk Team
As tomato growers, we might consider any ailing tomato to have a disease. That would end up making this blog post really, really long.
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Serviceberry and marionberry. photos by Tina Saravia
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Summer Harvests

July 31, 2023
The spring blooms are gone. Summer in my garden never had the colorful pleasing look of spring blooms. But when it comes to the bounty from the garden, we're just beginning to see the fruits of my labor. The most delicious cherries came and went. The serviceberry, a.k.a.
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Brent Hales
ANR Employee News: Article

Names in the News

July 30, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Hales begins as new AVP at UC ANR Brent Hales joined UC ANR as the new associate vice president for research and Cooperative Extension on July 3. Hales brings over 20 years of higher education research and leadership experience, including at land grant institutions and in Cooperative Extension.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

The many benefits of gardening for food.

July 30, 2023
In early 2008 I was watching the news on television. The economy had started its decline and the story concerned a woman in Pennsylvania who had been laid off from her job. She was filmed pushing a shopping cart out of a grocery store and was asked what she had purchased with her final paycheck.
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