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It's AAG time again!

March 25, 2016
By Maggi Kelly
The annual AAG conference is rolling into town next week, and several of us will be there.
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2008 Field tour Aug 21 Stale seedbed
UC Rice Blog: Article

Correction to Rice Farming Magazine Specialist Speaking article

March 24, 2016
By Luis Espino
Last month I contributed a small article for Rice Farming Magazine. I used data generated by the UC Weed Project to illustrate the point of how difficult, complicated and expensive weed control can be once herbicide-resistant weeds are established in a field.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

What Happens to Trees on a Hill?

March 24, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Many orchards in California are planted on slopes, the most extreme examples are usually avocado orchards with some slopes exceeding 50%. They pose difficulties in harvesting because of the steepness, but also in their irrigation.
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Bug Squad: Article

A Very Tiny Bee

March 23, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
At first glance, it appeared to be a gnat circling our head. Then it landed on our passionflower vine (Passiflora). It cooperatively stayed still for a photo (taken with a Nikon D800 mounted with a 105mm macro lens) and then returned to its nest, a hole in the ground.
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Bug Squad: Article

Congratulations, Bruce Hammock! McGiff Memorial Award

March 22, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What an honor! And so deserving. He's an entomologist, trained to find ways to control insect pests, but now he aims to help humans with medical issues, including diabetes, high blood pressure and depression.
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Bug Squad: Article

The Bad News About the Monarch Population

March 21, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Good news: The first day of spring. Bad news: The future of the Eastern, migratory population of the monarch butterflies. Research published today in Scientific Reports indicates there's a "quasi-extinction risk" for the Eastern, migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus).
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