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Bug Squad: Article

Frank Zalom: A Distinguished Public Service Scholar

March 16, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Integrated pest management (IPM) specialist Frank Zalom is a distinguished professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and now he's a distinguished public service scholar as well.
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Bug Squad: Article

A 'Butterfly Open House' at the Bohart Museum on March 19

March 15, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's almost spring. Do you know where your butterflies are? Do you know how to attract them to your yard? Greg Kareofelas, a Bohart Museum of Entomology associate with expertise on local butterflies, will be at the Bohart Museum's open house on Sunday, March 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Bug Squad: Article

Congrats to Shirley Luckhart, Marek Borowiec and Ralph Washington Jr.

March 13, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America, meets for its 101 annual conference April 2-5 in Portland, Ore., three UC Davis-affiliated scientists will receive special awards. One recipient is a faculty member, one is a postdoctoral fellow, and another, a graduate student.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

HLB Immunity, Resistance and Tolerance

March 13, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Citrus huanglongbing (HLB) is a destructive disease with no known cure. To identify sources of (HLB) resistance in the subfamily Aurantioideae to which citrus belongs, we conducted a six-year field trial under natural disease challenge conditions in an HLB endemic region.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Public review period for Cal-IPC Invasive Plant Inventory

March 10, 2017
From Cal-IPC's Doug Johnson: Dear Stakeholders, Cal-IPC is proposing additions to our California Invasive Plant Inventory and we are soliciting input during a 60-day comment period. I would appreciate your help in distributing this widely to your interested colleagues.
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Bug Squad: Article

Aphids? Bring on the Beetle Mania!

March 9, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They're back! Have you checked your rose bushes lately? Along with the lush new growth, you'll probably notice a new crop of aphids. And if you look closely, probably lady beetles (aka ladybugs).
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Admiring the Red Admiral

March 8, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So, you're taking a winter walk through the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden, part of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Gardens. You're looking for the winter daphne, Daphne odora Aureomarginta. You see a daphne sign in the Storer Garden but what's that on the sign? A butterfly? A Red Admiral? On Jan.
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