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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

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UC Delivers: Article

Participatory science project helps protect Southern California trees from invasive beetles

September 14, 2022

By Beatriz E Nobua Behrmann

Invasive pests are one of the main threats to our urban and natural forests. Tiny beetles, like the invasive shothole borers (ISHB), attack trees and cause their decline and death.

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Maj Rundlöf (right), a co-lead author of the research paper, and co-author Rosemary Malfi collect data at a bumble bee colony. (Photo courtesy of the Neal Williams lab)

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Research: Flower Plantings and Wild Bee Reproduction and Pesticide Exposure

September 14, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Flower plantings offer a potential solution to support wild bee populations by mitigating pesticide exposure effects and providing key forage, according to a team of UC Davis researchers from the laboratory of pollination ecologist Neal Williams, a professor and Chancellor's Fellow in the Department...

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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

Hugelculture: Mother Nature’s Magical Garden Bed

September 13, 2022

Hugelculture? The name (pronounced hoo-gull kul-toor) sounds like it might be a new type of yogurt or maybe an exotic fermented beverage but it's neither of those things.

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California Natives. An English garden in sunny Southern California?

September 13, 2022

Click the image to learn more and visit our Classes and Events Calendar page.

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Consider Joining Us For "Seed Lending Library in Orange & Square Food Gardening" on In The Garden Radio

September 13, 2022

Her guests are the Executive Director of the Orange Public Library Foundation, Linda Cundiff, and Megan Penn, Executive Director and founder of Orange Home Grown (OHG).

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UC Davis entomologist Brennen Dyer, a lab assistant at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, with UC Davis Chancellor Gary May. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Meet Brennen Dyer of the Bohart Museum: An Award-Winning Entomologist

September 13, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis entomology alumnus Brennen Thomas Dyer, a Bohart Museum of Entomology laboratory assistant 3, is fond of wearing insect-themed t-shirts created and designed by Bohart associates.

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Avocado Vars and Roots "Shoot"

September 13, 2022

By Ben A Faber

For those who missed it and for those who missed catching all the fine and coarse details of the hybrid zoom/in-person meeting on avocado varieties and rootstocks, here it is - the Shoot.

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Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

New tool for Salinas vegetable pests: web-based app for thrips, aphids, and diamondback moth trapping network

September 13, 2022

By Kelley L Sivertson

Authors: Ben Lee, Daniel Hasegawa, Ian Grettenberger We would like to announce the creation of a new web-based tool that will provide more seamless access to pest population data from a pest trapping network. Pests included are thrips, diamondback moth, and aphids.

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September 2022

September 13, 2022

Healthy Eating MyPlate...

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Employee Spotlights: Article

Samuel Sandoval

September 13, 2022

By Saoimanu Sope

Samuel Sandoval Solis joined UC ANR in September 2011 and currently works as a UC Cooperative Extension specialist in water resources management and professor at UC Davis.

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