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Aubrielle and Zuri

Wild horses and youth learn patience and trust from each other

July 25, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
There is much we can learn from a friend who happens to be a horse. Aleksandra Layland Training mustangs is just so much fun, said Aubrielle, as a chestnut-colored filly named Zuri nuzzled the 4-H member from Shasta County. Six months earlier, the young wild horse was wary of being touched.
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Leaves of a river red gum eucalyptus tree covered with redgum lerp psyllids. The white growths are the “lerp” produced by the immature (nymph) stage of the insect. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark]
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Redgum Lerp Psyllid Resource Updated

July 25, 2022
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
If you have eucalyptus trees, you might have noticed white, crusty growth on the leaves. Or maybe you saw a sticky, blackened mess of fallen leaves under a eucalyptus tree. These are signs of the redgum lerp psyllid, one of the most common psyllid pests that damages eucalyptus trees in California.
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beneficial wasp G. brasiliensis Daane
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Beneficial Wasp Coming Our Way?

July 25, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Kym Pokorny - Oregon State University Destructive Pest of Cherry, Grapes, Peaches, Blueberry, Fig and Lots of Other Fruit to Come Under Wasp Control? Corvallis, Ore.
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Spill the Beans: Article

Soil

July 25, 2022
Did you know there is a direct link between soil and climate change? How we treat the soil in our home gardens and landscapes can either contribute to global warming or help decrease the effects of climate change.
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"Pollinating" by U.S.G.S. Photo credit: Scott Horvath
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Pollinator Party 2022

July 25, 2022
Our Master Gardener Coordinator forwarded a link to the Pollinator Party 2022. My daughter and I watched the classes with each being a little over one hour a day for 5 days. It is on YouTube now. These programs were presented by several power companies in the country.
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Figure 1. Figure 1. Distribution of Echinochloa spp. samples collected in August and September 2020 from California rice fields. ID = identification
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicide Susceptibility Survey of Watergrass (Echinochloa spp.) in California Rice

July 24, 2022
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest, Troy L Clark, Taiyu Guan
From the CAPCA Adviser magazine :: June 2022 Whitney Brim-DeForest is a UCCE Rice and Wild Rice Advisor for Sutter, Yuba, Sacramento, and Placer Counties; Taiyu Guan is an Assistant Specialist in UCCE Sutter-Yuba Counties; Troy Clark is a Rice Junior Specialist for UCCE Butte County.
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