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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

Larvae of Tuta absoluta, a South American tomato leafminer, damaging a tomato leaf. (Photo courtesy of A. Mussoll)

Bug Squad: Article

Kyle Lewald of Joanna Chiu Lab: Targeting the South American Tomato Leafminer

February 21, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

If you love tomatoes, you hate any and all pests that attack them. That would include the larvae of Tuta absoluta, a South American tomato leafminer. In its adult stage, it's a moth in the family Gelechilidae. In its larval stage, it's a major agricultural pest.

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La quema prescrita y otros tratamientos de combustible son algunos temas abordados por una encuesta por internet que servirá de guía para los programas públicos relacionados con los incendios forestales. Foto de Evett Kilmartin

Noticias: Article

UCCE necesita sus recomendaciones para desarrollar futuros programas para prevenir los incendios forestales

February 21, 2023

By Basilisa M Rawleigh

Extensin Cooperativa de la Universidad de California ha ampliado, recientemente, su equipo de asesores y personal contra incendios forestales.

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Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Kyle Lewald's Exit Seminar on Feb. 22 Targets a Pest of Tomato Crops

February 21, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Kyle Lewald, doctoral candidate in the laboratory of UC Davis molecular geneticist/physiologist Joanna Chiu, will present his exit seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 22 in 122 Briggs and also on Zoom. The link is: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/95882849672.

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Grace Horne, a doctoral student in the Emily Meineke lab, had her undergraduate thesis published as the cover story in the journal, Environmental Entomology.

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Undergraduate Thesis of UC Davis Doctoral Student Scores Journal Cover

February 21, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis doctoral student Grace Horne's undergraduate thesis about the effects of the decline of ash trees on native caterpillars, scored the cover of the February edition of the journal Environmental Entomology.

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Internet Outage at Sierra Foothill REC

February 21, 2023

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UPDATE FEB. 22: Internet and phone service has been restored. Sierra Foothill REC's internet has been down since Sunday. Michele Flavell, business officer at Sierra Foothill REC, wants to let everyone know that they don't have access to phones at all and email is extremely limited.

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Youth Development Insights: Article

Tips for Building Youths’ Public Speaking Confidence at Your Meetings

February 21, 2023

By Nicole K Marshall-Wheeler

Public speaking skills are highly sought after. Yet, public speaking is one of the most common fears.

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Youth Development Insights: Article

On the Club Experience

February 21, 2023

By Marianne Bird

We have multiple programs that serve youth in 4-H: fun camps; authentic service-learning opportunities for teens; hands-on curriculum that give kids in after school settings the chance to be scientists or learn to cook.

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Youth Development Insights: Article

Welcome to "Youth Development Insights"

February 21, 2023

By JoLynn C Miller

Hi and welcome! Youth Development Insights is a monthly blog that brings you the latest thoughts, ideas, strategies, and research from the field of positive youth development.

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Employee Spotlights: Article

Ethiopia prepared UC ANR leader Oli Bachie to problem-solve in California

February 21, 2023

By Saoimanu Sope

Agriculture makes up over 85% of Ethiopia's workforce and the journey into the field is not for the faint of heart, according to Oli Bachie, UC Cooperative Extension director for San Diego and Imperial counties.

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UC Master Gardeners- Diggin' it in SLO: Article

Trailing Petunia

February 21, 2023

Trailing Petunia By Deborah Light-Pacheco UCCE Master Gardener Common name of plant: Million Bells or Trailing Petunia Scientific name: Calibrachoa Planting area: Sunset Zones 8, 9, 14-24 as perennial; Zones 2-7, 10-13 as annual Size: Height 6-12 inches, width 12-24 inches with a trailing habit Bloo...

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