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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 04-30-2018

May 1, 2018
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 04-30-18" Et Report 04-30-18 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Division o...
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Colusa County: Article

May 2018

May 1, 2018
Book of the Month - The Lavender Lover's Handbook Ornamental Plant of the Month - Gerbera Daisy Edible Plant of the Month - White Sage Recipe of the Month - Pizza Meatloaf Cups Native Bee & Bee Nests Workshop May 12, 10 to noon $10 See flyer for details.
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Hawau Bojuwon
ANR Employee News: Article

Names in the News

May 1, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Bojuwon named NFCS advisor for Kern County Hawau Bojuwon joined UC ANR on March 26, 2018, as a UCCE area nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor in Kern County.
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Life stages of the western blacklegged tick. From left to right: adult female, adult male, nymph, and larva. (Credit: CA Department of Public Health)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Lyme Disease in California

May 1, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month, giving us an opportunity to shine a spotlight on a serious illness transmitted by certain ticks. Lyme disease is often associated with the northeastern and upper Midwestern areas of the United States.
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Louie Yang is the recipient of an international award for his academic advising activities. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Louie Yang: International Award for Academic Advising

May 1, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Community ecologist Louie Yang of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the newly announced recipient of an international award for his outstanding academic advising activities.
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citrus seminar
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Citrus Growers Seminar

May 1, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Speakers that will be presenting at all three locations: Beth Grafton-Cardwell, Ph.D., Director of Lindcove REC & Research Entomologist, University of California, Riverside Melinda Klein, Ph.D.
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UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera Counties: Article

'Fresh Grub' at Calwa Elementary

May 1, 2018
UC Calfresh joined Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) to promote a new vegetable to the Calwa Elementary students during the Fresh Grub event on February 28th. Fresh Grub links with school cafeterias to provide students with locally grown produce.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Wanted Dead NOT Alive! Mosquitoes

May 1, 2018
It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in bucket-like torrents, the wind howled like an uncontrolled banshee blowing rain into every outside nook and cranny. After several miserable hours, slowly the storm subsided and in the morning the sun poked through the clouds.
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Leafhopper Blog: Article

2018 Leafhopper Monitoring Update and Egg Deposition

May 1, 2018
This season we will once again be monitoring the development of Virginia creeper leafhopper, VCLH, (Erythroneura ziczac) and Western grape leafhopper, WGLH, (Erythroneura elegantula) populations in Mendocino County Chardonnay vineyards.
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