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avocado trunk burn
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Assessing Fire Damage to Avocado

December 6, 2017
By Ben A Faber
The destruction after a fire can be pretty gruesome and sad. Many times, though the fire moves through the orchard so fast that, even though the canopy has turned brown, there is a good chance the trees can come back. It all depends on how much damage has been done to the trunk.
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Insecticide resistance mechanisms
E-Journal of Entomology and Biologicals: Article

Insect resistance to biopesticides

December 6, 2017
Mechanisms of insecticide resistance in insects. Use of biopesticides or non-chemical pesticides is encouraged as a part of integrated pest management (IPM) for environmental and human safety and to reduce the risk of insecticide resistance.
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IMG 2031
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Fire Information

December 5, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Tree and Vine Loss Calculators Spread sheets to help you calculate loss Calculate Cost of Fire Damage to Avocado and Citrus Trees Information from Ben Faber, Soils and Water, Avocado and Minor Subtropicals Advisor Living with Fire Information on how to care for fire damaged trees from Ben Faber, Soi...
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Bug Squad: Article

The Beatles Have Nothing on The Beetles

December 4, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's the "in" thing. Insects--their beauty, their structure, their diversity--are inspiring noted fashion designers, but those fashion designers are way, way behind the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Students' Association (EGSA). EGSA members are graduate student totally into bugs.
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soil weathered from sndstone
Topics in Subtropics: Article

California Soils Week

December 4, 2017
By Ben A Faber
SACRAMENTO The California Department of Food and Agriculture is joining with government partners, NGOs and private industry to celebrate the inaugural California Soils Week, scheduled to correspond with World Soils Day on December 5, 2017 but also including events in northern and southern Californi...
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Johnsongrass in fresh-market honeydew in Sutter County

December 4, 2017
I have only received one weed-related farm call in my two seasons as the vegetable crop advisor in Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties. In early August 2017, one of the melon PCAs I work with called me up to tell me about a grassy weed in a fresh-market honeydew field.
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