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Position announcement #21-31
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT :: Area IPM Advisor

October 27, 2021
By Gale Perez
POSITION Area IPM Advisor Applied Research and Extension Northern Sacramento Valley (Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, and Tehama counties) POSITION OVERVIEW The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), a statewide program with local development and delivery, is seekin...
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A scanning electron micrograph of a nematode, a Steinernema carpocapsae, spitting venom. (Image by Adler Dillman)
Bug Squad: Article

These Microscopic Parasitic Nematodes or Round Worms Spit Venom

October 26, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Who knew? Who knew that you, along with billions of other people, could be infected with undetected microscopic parasitic nematodes, or round worms? And that they spit venom? Parasitologist Adler Dillman of UC Riverside knows. In fact, he recently received a $1.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Garden Friends and Foe

October 26, 2021
For a number of summers, I've been fighting a battle with harlequin bugs (Murgantia histrionica) in my garden. Harlequin bugs are nasty stink bugs that suck the juice off the leaves of my precious tree collards, leaving them with yellow blotches.
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A photo of the author wearing a blue Master Gardener vest.
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Leave the Leaves

October 26, 2021
By Anne E Schellman
The Autumn Equinox signals a time of change in the seasons. The weather becomes cooler, the days shorter, skies turn a softer blue with occasional clouds, summer vegetable gardens are finishing up, and deciduous trees change colors and drop their leaves.
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African keyhole garden diagram (inspirationgreen.com)
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Garden Gold.

October 26, 2021
By Penny Pawl, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Three years ago, I wrote an article about creating African keyhole worm-compost bins in my garden beds. This summer it was time to harvest compost from two of the bins.
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Listen To "Pumpkins" on In The Garden Radio

October 26, 2021
Besides eating them in pies and roasting the seeds for munching later, learn about what to do with what's left over. Use it to make a floral centerpiece or plant succulents in the shell for a living arrangement.
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UCCE Delta field corn variety trial
SJC and Delta Field Crops: Article

2021 Field Corn Variety Trial Results

October 26, 2021
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
Results for the 2021 UCCE Delta field corn variety trial are now available. This annual trial takes place on Tyler Island. The trial was planted on April 20th and included sixteen varieties submitted by seed companies and the cooperating grower.
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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Haunted Halloween Hunt

October 26, 2021
It's spooky season and we wanted to share a few of our favorite Halloween horror themed pests you may see now, or at other times of the year.
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