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A cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Art Shapiro Sponsoring 'Beer for a Butterfly' Contest

December 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Suds for a bug? A pitcher of beer for a butterfly? It's all in the interest of science. Beginning Jan. 1, Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, is sponsoring his annual Beer for a Butterfly Contest.
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A monarch chrysalis hangs like an ornament. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'Twas the Night Before Chrysalis...

December 24, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse --Clement Clarke Moore We never tire of hearing that immortal poem, but this year let's offer another version: 'Twas the night before chrysalis when all through the land Not a monarch was stirri...
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Aurtz Avocado akd <br>Persea americana "Wurtz"
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Selecting and Planting a New Avocado Tree

December 24, 2018
Updated Version of 12/24/18 blog to correct errors Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: I would like to plant an avocado tree that has the following specifications: I live in West County where it is cool and foggy and I w...
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Codling moth larvae inside a fruit. [Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM]
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Reduce Garden Pests by Eliminating Overwintering Sites

December 23, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
Many gardeners are interested in knowing how winter temperatures affect garden pests. The hope is that following a cold wintersuch as this yearfewer pests will survive to plague the garden. Unfortunately, both insect pests and plant diseases have ways of surviving our harshest winters.
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The check presentation: (from left) Bev Anderson, president of the Western Neuropathy Association (WNA); Bruce Hammock, distinguished professor at UC Davis and founder of EicOsis, Darrell O'Sullivan, WNA treasurer; and Cindy McReynolds, an administrator of the Hammock lab and EicOsis senior project manager.(Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Hope for Neuropathy Patients: Bruce Hammock Research and Pending Clinical Trials

December 21, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bev Anderson knew something was wrong. All my life I've known my feet didn't have the strength and capability of most of the people I knew, she recalled. In high school, she began experiencing severe pain. Her family physician diagnosed her as having growing pains. They weren't.
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Surviving home with recently upgraded roofing, vents, and combustible materials separated from the house. Every home surrounding this house was lost to the Camp Fire.
Blog - Forest Research and Outreach : Article

What can we learn from the 14,000 homes lost during the Camp Fire?

December 21, 2018
By Lenya N Quinn-Davidson
Shades of brown and grey cast over bricks, cement, remnants of metal roofs and steel beams from manufactured and modular homes, collapsed stucco walls, BBQs, shells of washers and driers, along with an occasional tea potthat is what you can see in and amongst living, but singed Ponderosa pine and Ca...
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