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Field picture submitted by Elizabeth Fichtner

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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

Wearing of the Green--Ready to greet the crowd at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Feb. 18 are (from left) Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and a UC Davis distinguished professor of entomology, and entomology students and Bohart associates, Sol Wantz, president of the Entomology Club, and Allen Chew. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

All Systems Are 'Go'--and 'Green'--for UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 16, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

All systems are "go"--and "green"--for the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 18. This "Super Science Day" event, free and family friendly, will showcase 11 museums and collections on campus.

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UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener Spotlight: Donna Palmer

February 16, 2023

By Margaret J O'neill

This month's spotlight is on UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener Donna Palmer. She has been a Master Gardener (MG) for a few years, joining during our first virtual class in 2021. She is a natural teacher and has taken on the role of being a MG like she had been doing it her whole life.

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El clima extremoso puede acabar con los botones y flores. Aplicar agua con los aspersores puede calentar el huerto y prevenir que el daño de las heladas. Fotografía por Allen Vizcarra.

Blog Verde: Article

El cambio climático podría reducir el daño de las heladas en los cultivos frutales

February 16, 2023

By Basilisa M Rawleigh

Las herramientas del sitio web CalAgroClimate permiten que los granjeros se preparen para las heladas Una ola de fro da las flores de los almendros en todo el Valle Central, resultando en un reclamo a las aseguradoras de cultivos por prdidas de ms de 44 millones de dlares en febrero del 2018.

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Green Blog: Article

Drought focus of Water Resources IMPACT magazine special issue

February 16, 2023

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

UC ANR experts address emotional toll of drought Preparing the American West for prolonged drought is the focus of a double issue of Water Resources IMPACT magazine.

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Young seedlings ready for transplanting into the ground.

UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog: Article

Get a Head Start on Your Garden by Starting Your Vegetable Seeds Indoors

February 16, 2023

By Melissa G Womack

February is a great time to start preparing for your spring and summer vegetable garden, especially if you want to get a head start on the growing season.

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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Online restaurant meal ordering platforms in three U.S. cities do not adequately adhere to healthy default beverage laws for children’s meals

February 16, 2023

By Lorrene D Ritchie, Danielle Lee

Healthy default beverage laws require restaurants to list healthier beveragessuch as water or unflavored milk as opposed to sugary drinksas the default option for children's meals.

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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Topics in Subtropics Volume 23, Winter 2023

February 16, 2023

In this issue: Introducing Fatemeh Khodadadi, Assistant Professor of Extension and Plant Pathologist Agave Mites: A Tiny Menace New pest in young avocado orchards Planting Avocados One, one hundred, one thousand UCR Citrus Day, March 2, 2023...

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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Topics in Subtropics Volume 23, Winter 2023

February 16, 2023

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A Madagascar hissing cockroach is also called a "hisser." It hisses when it's disturbed, when it wants to attract a mate, and when it is fighting. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

'Hissing, Crawling, Perching and Rising' Part of UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 15, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Madagascar hissing cockroaches will hiss, walking sticks (aka stick insects) will crawl, raptors will perch, and yeast will rise at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, an all-day event on Saturday, Feb. 18 on the university campus.

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