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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

Conservation Agriculture: Article

CIG Project Organic Reduced Disturbance Farmers Phil Foster and Tom Willey Plan 2022 Air Injection Project in Peppers with John Petrosso of Mazzei Injector Company

January 16, 2022

By Jeffrey P Mitchell

January 19, 2022 On a foggy morning at the Santa Ana Ranch CIG Project farmer, Tom Willey, met with John Petrosso, the Sales Engineer for Mazzei Injector Company to plan a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of Mazzei's air injection equipment as a possible means for increasing oxygen availa...

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Ficus benjamina. (gardeningexpress.co.uk)

Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Ficus benjamina, and Other Ficus.

January 15, 2022

By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County The ficus plants that many people grow indoors are actually tropical trees. They are a different species from Ficus carica, the edible fig. The ficus we eat is from temperate areas of the world and does well outdoors in Napa Valley.

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IGIS: Article

IGIS Joins UC Love Data Week 2022 - A Multi-Campus Workshop Series Focused on Data

January 14, 2022

By Andy Lyons, Shane T Feirer

Data is one of our core currencies in research and extension, and we're lucky to live in an age where there's plenty of it. Sometimes it feels like too much! Fortunately the tools of the trade are keeping up, allowing us to manage and utilize data more efficiently and effectively than ever before.

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Bay Area News: Article

We Are Hiring - Community Education Specialists UCCE Alameda (Cal Fresh Team)

January 14, 2022

By Melanie Weir

We are excited to announce we are hiring for two positions at UCCE in Alameda County: CalFresh Community Education Specialist 2 Hayward, CA Alameda County The Community Education Specialist 2 will perform the full range of program implementation duties.

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CropManage: Online Irrigation and Nutrient Management Tool: Article

CropManage Hands-on Workshop January 26, 2022 in Modesto CA

January 14, 2022

By Michael D Cahn

CropManage Hands-on Workshop Bringing Irrigation and Nutrient Management Decision-Support Tool to the Field Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 1pm 5pm Location: University of California Cooperative Extension-Stanislaus County Harvest Hall, Room E 3800 Cornucopia Way, Modesto, CA 95358 Learn how to u...

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An illustration from Megan Meuti's presentation.

Megan Meuti's Way of Tricking Mosquitoes Into Not Biting You

January 14, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

You could say that entomologist Megan Meuti of The Ohio State University (OSU) messes with mosquitoes' circadian clocks. She's hoping she can trick Culex pipiens, the Northern house mosquito, into not biting us.

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An illustration from Megan Meuti's presentation, Jan. 19, on "How Do Mosquitoes Correctly Interpret Environmental Signals Into Complex Seasonal Responses?"

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

OSU Entomologist Megan Meuti: Can We Trick Mosquitoes, Stopping Them from Biting Us?

January 14, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Megan Meuti, an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University (OSU), will present a virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on Wednesday, Jan.

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Colusa County: Article

Become a Master Gardener!

January 14, 2022

Application deadline and "Meet the Master Gardeners" is Tuesday January 18 at 2 pm. Meet at 100 Sunrise Blvd, Colusa in the conference room and we will tell you about our fabulous program. Hope to see you on Tuesday.

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Winter Crops and Sunflowers

January 14, 2022

When I started planting my winter vegetables this fall, I was looking forward to some radishes carrots, snow peas, spinach - the cool weather vegetables. As the seeds started sprouting and slowly growing through the cooler weather and shorter days, I started noticing an unexpected crop.

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Butte County: Article

Corrected January 2022 Cloverleaf

January 14, 2022

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