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Lowell Lewis and former ANR colleague Judy Craig got together in September 2019. Photo by Joe Craig
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Lowell Lewis

July 24, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Lowell N. Lewis, UC ANR associate vice president emeritus and professor emeritus at UC Riverside, passed away on July 17, 2020. He recently celebrated his 89th birthday, but had been in declining health for some months.
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To help control ants inside, wipe them up, along with their chemical trails, with an all-purpose cleaner, and fill tiny gaps, cracks and holes with caulk to make their entry difficult.
Green Blog: Article

Controlling ants the healthy way

July 24, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
Spotting ants in the home or yard is no reason to reach for insecticide sprays or call an exterminator. UC Cooperative Extension experts say the insects can be managed by residents in ways that are effective, inexpensive, safe and environmentally kind. Ants are probably the No.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Cuckoo Wasps

July 24, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Bright metallic colors, flitting from flower to flower. Wasps. And they are going after other wasp species and bees. It's hard being a bee. These wasps are parasites, and like their namesake cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species (wasps or bees in this case).
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Sunburn tomato, J. Alosi
The Real Dirt: Article

Are Your Tomatoes Feeling the Heat?

July 24, 2020
It's hot. Tomatoes like heat, right? Actually, tomatoes like warm weather, between 65 and 85 degrees. When temperatures soar past 95, tomatoes stop growing. In that kind of heat, their flowers fail to pollinate and instead they dry up and drop off, putting a pause on the production of new fruit.
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Grower Cliff Sponsell and George Goodall, right, at Sponsell Ranch in Santa Barbara, looking at Duke cutting replant in an avocado root rot grove in 1977.
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: George Goodall

July 23, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
George Goodall, emeritus UCCE farm advisor and county director, passed away June 22, 2020, at age 98. A fourth-generation Southern Californian, Goodall grew up on a diversified farm in Canoga Park.
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