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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

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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

EVENT :: Rice Pest Management Course 2021

August 10, 2021

By Gale Perez

EVENT: UC Rice Pest Management Course 2021 DAY/DATE: Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 LOCATION: Hamilton Road Field (on West Hamilton Rd. between Hwy. 99 and Riceton Hwy.

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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 08-09-2021

August 10, 2021

PLEASE NOTE: Due to drought conditions these stations currently have insufficient vegetative cover to provide accurate ETo data. At this time, 146 Belridge is providing the best ETo data for Kern County.

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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Bonding LGDs to Cattle - #2

August 10, 2021

By Daniel K Macon

Our ongoing journal about our efforts to bond a livestock guardian dog pup with cattle. Funded by the Rustici Rangeland and Cattle Endowment.

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Fritillary caterpillar. photo by Sharon Rico

Under the Solano Sun: Article

Some Thoughts about Using Insecticides

August 10, 2021

While thinking about ideas for this blog, I happened upon an advertisement for a well-known big box store.

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Blog - Forest Research and Outreach : Article

How wildfire restored a Yosemite watershed

August 10, 2021

By Susan D Kocher

Reposted from Berkeley News For nearly half a century, lightning-sparked blazes in Yosemite's Illilouette Creek Basin have rippled across the landscape closely monitored, but largely unchecked.

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Article

AES faculty and UCCE specialists may apply for travel funds

August 10, 2021

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

ANR will be making additional travel support available for UC Cooperative Extension specialists to collaborate directly with UCCE advisors or REC directors in fiscal year 2021/22.

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An underwing moth, maybe a Catocala amatrix, with tattered wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

To Be an Underwing Underfoot

August 9, 2021

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

You can be an understudy or you can be an underwing. Or underfoot. Have you ever seen an underwing, a moth in the family Erebidae? Today one dropped out of a tree, landing on my feet in a Vacaville park. It just missed being a part of our National Moth Week celebration.

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UC Rice Blog: Article

Annual California Rice Field Day

August 9, 2021

By Whitney B Brim-Deforest

AUGUST 25, 2021 7:30AM-12PM The annual Rice Field Day will be Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California. We cordially invite you and your associates to join us for this event.

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The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

In Person Fall Vegetable Gardening Classes!

August 9, 2021

By Anne E Schellman

August is here, and summer vegetable plants are still growing strong. It's hard to believe it's time to start thinking about planting your fall vegetable garden! We are offering two free, in-person classes.

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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute submits comments to EPA on school drinking water safety and lead testing

August 9, 2021

By Danielle Lee, Christina E Hecht, Lorrene D Ritchie

The Lead and Copper Rule (LCR)a U.S. federal regulation under the administration of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)limits the concentration of lead and copper allowed in utility-provided tap water.

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