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Bug Squad: Article

We Have No Rapae!

January 13, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"We have no rapae!" No rapae today! That's the latest report from Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis. He's sponsoring his annual Butterfly-for-a-Beer Contest and it's Day 13, Friday the 13th.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Soil Health Websites

January 13, 2017
By Ben A Faber
A recent website just posted hopes to make research papers available to the general public. Many times these papers are locked away in archives or libraries and are hard to access. This website wants to change that.
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Bug Squad: Article

Those Migrating Insects: Why the Skies Are Getting Crowded

January 12, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Despite the widespread interest in migrating monarch butterflies, other insects migrate, too. That's way we were excited to see National Public Radio's Nell Greenfieldboyce generate a recent piece on "Bugs Abound: If You Think the Skies Are Crowded, You Have No Idea.
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SJC and Delta Field Crops: Article

Field Crops Meeting Materials Posted to Web

January 12, 2017
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
On Friday, January 6th, I hosted the annual SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting in Stockton, CA. The presentations from that meeting have now been posted to my website and are available here.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Spreading mulch or spreading weeds?

January 12, 2017
By Oleg Daugovish
Yardwaste mulch applied around trees and shrubs can help conserve water, minimize infection with root rot and if applied thick enough control weeds. It is usually very cheap or free and the biggest cost is the spreading.
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Bug Squad: Article

Saving the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee

January 10, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hear that buzz? That's the sound of success. It finally happened. The beleaguered rusty-patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis, is now listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species, the first bee in the continental United States to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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Bug Squad: Article

It Is Not a Good Time to Be a Butterfly

January 9, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It is not a good time to be a butterfly. Especially if you're a monarch butterfly that eclosed on Jan. 5 in cold and rainy Vacaville, Calif. while all--or most--of your counterparts are overwintering along coastal California or in central Mexico.
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