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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

3 1/2' tall pink planter with fall vegetables such as lettuce.

The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

August Gardening Classes at Stanislaus County Libraries

July 22, 2022

By Anne E Schellman

Our partnership with Stanislaus County Library continues! The librarians have been so helpful and welcoming, and attendees are saying great things about our Master Gardener instructors.

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Entomologist Brennen Dyer, selected for a UC Davis Staff Assembly service award, checks out the host plant (false indigo, Amorpha californica) of the California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice) at its breeding ground in Auburn. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Entomologist/Lab Assistant Brennen Dyer of Bohart Museum Singled Out for Staff Assembly Award

July 22, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Entomologist Brennen Dyer, a laboratory assistant and a highly praised jack-of-all-trades at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, is a winner in the eyes of faculty and colleagues, and now he's a winner in the eyes of UC Davis Staff Assembly officials.

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Iquitos, the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region, is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the ninth-most populous city of Peru. Iquitos is also known as the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road, it is accessible only by river and air, according to Wikipedia. (Photo courtesy of Tom Scott)

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Spatial Repellent 'Significantly Lowers Risk' of Virus Transmission of Yellow Fever Mosquito

July 22, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

A highly controlled clinical study in Iquitos, Peru shows that a spatial repellent used as an intervention tool significantly lowered the risk of virus transmission by the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, according to a team of 25 international scientists, including UC Distinguished Professor T...

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Young man stands in garden, hovering over a plant to assess its leaves.

‘Bug Ninja’ migrates to SoCal to help growers conquer insects

July 22, 2022

By Saoimanu Sope

What do University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources and the sports entertainment reality television show, American Ninja Warrior, (ANW) have in common?

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Citrus Pest Management Guidelines UPDATE

July 22, 2022

By Ben A Faber

Check out the new citrus pest guide at UC-Integrated Pest Management - https://www2.ipm.ucanr.

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Long-tubed iris on Humboldt Trail, Upper Bidwell Park, Robert Fischer.

California Native Plant Society

July 22, 2022

California is host to almost 7000 species of native plants, more than any other state. About 40% of those species are found only in California. In fact, California is more species-rich than most other places on Earth.

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Eating to Extinction

July 22, 2022

Of the roughly six thousand different plants once consumed by human beings, only nine remain major staples today. Just 3 of these rice, wheat, and corn provide 50 percent of all our calories.

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After igniting low-intensity strip along control line, a volunteer walks adjacent to small flame lengths monitoring fire behavior. May 2022. Photo by Susie Kocher

Green Blog: Article

New El Dorado/Amador Prescribed Burn Association conducts first private landowner burns

July 21, 2022

By Susan D Kocher

The new El Dorado/Amador Prescribed Burn association, formed in August 2021, has conducted several burns with private landowners and received funding for a part-time coordinator.

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Bug Squad: Article

No 'Brotherly Love' for California Sister

July 21, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

It definitely wasn't a case of "brotherly love" when a predator--maybe a bird or a praying mantis--grabbed the California Sister in our pollinator garden. The butterfly, Adelpha bredowii californica, didn't survive.

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Tehama County: Article

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