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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

Topics in Subtropics: Article

Too Many Honeybees?

March 10, 2019

By Ben A Faber

Immense numbers of introduced honey bees overwhelm native pollinators for access to pollen and nectar University of California - San Diego Hike around the natural habitats of San Diego County and it becomes abundantly clear that honey bees, foreign to the area, are everywhere.

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ANR Adventures: Article

Making the DC rounds

March 10, 2019

By Wendy Powers

Between a group of us, we visited 32+ California Congresspeople and Senators. I found many supporters during my visits. The staffers asked great questions about our programs and the local impacts of our programs. While I didn't have all of the answers at hand, I will be doing follow-ups this week.

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Article

What to do when woodpeckers or their kin attack your favorite tree

March 10, 2019

Wondering who or what is causing all that knocking, knock, knocking outside that's driving you crazy? My guess, it's a woodpecker. Woodpeckers are part of the Picidae family that also includes piculets, wrynecks, flickers, and sapsuckers.

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

Weed control in alfalfa, Canada thistle and Scotch thistle... oh my

March 10, 2019

By Gale Perez

The February 2019 issue of the Farm Advisor's Update by Tom Getts (Weed Ecology and Cropping Systems Advisor) is out.

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A pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor, is like a bolt of blue. Here it heads for salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Oh, the Plants You'll See at the UC Davis Arboretum Plant Sale!

March 8, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Who doesn't love that "bolt of blue," the pipevine swallowtail, Battus philenor? A black butterfly with iridescent blue hindwings, it's a frequent visitor to our garden, where it nectars on such plants as the butterfly bush, Buddleia davidii, the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia), and sage (Salvia).

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Brendon Boudinot won the John Henry Comstock Award. (Photo by Jill Oberski)

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Four UC Davis Entomologists Win Prestigious Awards from PBESA

March 8, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology won four major awards from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA), which encompasses 11 Western U.S. states, plus several U.S. territories and parts of Canada and Mexico.

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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Rice Notes - March, 2019

March 8, 2019

Weedy Rice: 2018 season wrap-up and looking ahead for 2019 Summary of 2018 University of California Rice Variety Tiliage for weed management in a good water year Change in UCCE Rice Advisor County Assignment...

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Citrus? Water? How Do They Go Together?

March 8, 2019

By Ben A Faber

Advances in Citrus Water Use Workshop & Field Day Tuesday, March 26, 2019 8 Am - 3 PM Strathmore, CA Attend the Advances in Citrus Water Use Workshop & Field Day and join UC Davis Irrigation Specialist Daniele Zaccaria as well as other water experts and specialists from the University of California...

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Kern County: Article