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AAG 2017 Wrap Up: Day 3

April 8, 2017
By Maggi Kelly
Day 3: I opened the day with a lovely swim with Elizabeth Havice (in the largest pool in New England? Boston? The Sheraton?) and then embarked on a multi-mile walk around the fair city of Boston. The sun was out and the wind was up, showing the historical buildings and waterfront to great advantage.
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IGIS: Article

AAG Boston 2017 wrap up!

April 7, 2017
By Maggi Kelly
Day 1: Wednesday I focused on the organized sessions on uncertainty and context in geographical data and analysis. Ive found AAGs to be more rewarding if you focus on a theme, rather than jump from session to session. But less steps on the iWatch of course.
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Bug Squad: Article

Marching for Science on April 22

April 7, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
A honey bee, dusted with blue pollen, forages on a bird's eye, Gilia tricolor. We tower above her for a bird's eye view. It is April 19, 2010 in a field near the central UC Davis campus.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

How Does Herbicide Resistance Evolve? An Illustrated Guide

April 7, 2017
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
Whitney Brim-DeForest, UCCE Rice Advisor We talk about herbicide resistance all of the time in California rice. But how does it evolve in a field? Understanding how herbicide management selects for resistant populations is an important part of preventing the problem from occuring in your fields.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

What Are Those Avocado Flowers Doing and What is Doing it to Them?

April 7, 2017
By Ben A Faber
The avocado is an odd duck in many ways and notably in its flowering. It has a complete flower, meaning it has both male and female parts in the same flower. Some plants have separate male and female flowers on the same plant and other species have male plants and female plants.
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Bug Squad: Article

A Dazzling Display of Red Pollen

April 6, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Some folks worry about "getting the red out." How about "getting the red in?" Have you ever seen a honey bee packing white, pink, blue, lavender, yellow, orange or red pollen? Have you ever seen the colorful diversity of pollen grains gracing their hives? Stunning. Take red.
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Bug Squad: Article

On a Winning Streak!

April 5, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You're on a winning streak when you spot a gray hairstreak. No, not the streak in Grandpa's hair--the streak on Grandma's flowers. It's the gray hairstreak butterfly, Strymon mellinus, also known as the common hairstreak.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

New ACP/HLB Research Resource Available

April 4, 2017
By Ben A Faber
The University of California launched the Science for Citrus Health website to keep the citrus industry abreast of research currently being conducted to protect citrus from Huanglongbing.
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