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Randa Jabbour, first seminar speaker of the quarter
Bug Squad: Article

UC Davis Department of Entomology Rolling Out the Seminar Schedule

December 27, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ready for the new year? The UC Davis Department of Nematology's winter quarter seminars will take place on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m., beginning Jan. 5 and continuing through March 9, announced seminar coordinator and nematologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor.
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Black Locust ‘twisty baby’
Spill the Beans: Article

Oops! I did it again

December 27, 2021
by Melody Kendall After working an hour or so doing some fall pruning in my garden, the song Oops I did it again' came to mind as I rushed into the house for a quick wash on my itching arms. It seems every time I work in my garden I forget that the gaillardia plant is a skin irritant.
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December in The Orchard: Frost and Peach Leaf Curl

December 24, 2021
December is a slow month in The Orchard, but there are still a couple of things going on, both related to the start of winter. First up, we have had several nights of frost as well as ice on the birdbaths. That means the citrus and avocado trees are at risk.
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Santa greets a monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus. This one is a male. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...Chrysalis

December 24, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's beginning to look a lot like...chrysalis. It didn't "look at all like chrysalis" this year in our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif. We spotted only one monarch--repeat, only one monarch--and it fluttered around and finally oviposited on our milkweed. The eggs vanished.
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Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project (DRAAWP) logo
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Mapping waterhyacinth drift and dispersal in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta using GPS trackers

December 23, 2021
By Gale Perez
From the Journal of Aquatic Plant ManagementSpecial Issue Vol. 59s 2021 John Miskella and John Madsen FULL ARTICLE Abstract Waterhyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms)] is a perennial free-floating aquatic plant species native to the Amazon region of South America.
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A beewolf photographed by Gwen Erdosh, aka Gwentomologit, and posted on her Instagram account.
Bug Squad: Article

The Amazing World of 'Gwentomologist' Gwen Erdosh

December 23, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"It's wasp time! This is a beewolf! Have you ever heard of beewolves? Well, neither had I until I discovered a bunch of them nectaring on Queen Anne's Lace flowers near my apartment complex! Have you noticed a pattern in the insects I post? A lot of them prey on bees.
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Garden News & Views: Article

What is Soil?

December 23, 2021
Photos by Sabrina Williams Soil is... not dirt, of course. Many of us who have spent time in the garden know that dirt is essentially dead. Soil, on the other hand, is a living, complex ecosystem.
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2021 Cost of Production Study for Conventional Strawberries Now Ready

December 22, 2021
By Mark P Bolda
Just squeezed then one out right before the end of the year. Great work here with Jeremy Murdoch from the UC Agricultural Issues Center, and some real thorough input from local strawberry growers, who once again unselfishly committed their time and knowledge to updating this vital document.
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