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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

The Medusahead Management Guide is available now

September 2, 2014
By Guy Kyser
Joe DiTomaso & Josh Davy (UCCE) and Kirk Davies & Brenda Smith (Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center) are also authors on this masterpiece. It's available through the Weed-RIC website, or go directly to it at http://wric.ucdavis.edu/publications/MedusaheadManagementGuide_pub_2014.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Potassium Deficiency

September 2, 2014
By Luis Espino
Last week I got two calls regarding unusual symptoms starting to appear on ripening rice plants. In both cases, the symptoms were described as medium sized round patches turning reddish or orange. Close inspection of plants showed typical symptoms of K deficiency.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

2014 National Allium Research Conference

September 2, 2014
By Robert G Wilson
The 2014 National Allium Research Conference will be held in conjunction with the National Onion Association annual meeting at Scottsdale, Arizona during December 3 5, followed by the W2008 Regional Research and Extension Committee meeting on December 6.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

September 2014 CloverLines

September 2, 2014
In this issue... Trick Or Treat So Others Can Eat, SLC Wrap-up, Water Policy, Horse Fair Results, New Leader Trainings and much more...
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A praying mantis snares a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bad Day for a Bee

September 1, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a good day to be a praying mantis. It was not a good day to be a honey bee. Just before noon today, we watched a green praying mantis lurking in the African blue basil, like a camouflaged soldier ready to ambush the enemy.
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Lady beetle, aka ladybug, with its new "friends"--Gulf Fritillary caterpillars. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Lady Beetle and Gulf Fritillary Caterpillars

August 29, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What's this? A lady beetle, aka ladybug, sharing stories with Gulf Fritillary caterpillars? Well, not likely. The lady beetle (family Coccinellidae) preys mainly on aphids--it can eat about 50 aphids a day or some 5000 aphids in its lifetime.
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Praying mantis, perfectly camouflaged, stops in the midpoint of his climb. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Cactus Climber

August 28, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
He's a survivor. His sisters and brothers didn't eat him when he emerged from the egg case. In fact, he probably ate some of his brothers and sisters. He has managed to elude his predators: bats, birds and spiders. Yes, our praying mantis is very much alive and quite well, thank you.
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Eric Mussen, who retired this summer as Extension apiculturist, will be the keynote speaker on Thursday, Sept. 18 at the Western Apicultural Society conference at the University of Montana. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Eric Mussen to Keynote WAS Conference

August 27, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Honey bee guru Eric Mussen is retired but the "R" word isn't stopping him. Mussen, who served 38 years as California's Extension apiculturist, based at the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has changed the "R" word into a "K" word. "K" for keynote speaker.
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Monarch butterfly nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia, as a territorial male longhorned bee, Melissodes agilis, takes aim. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Saving the Monarchs

August 26, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation issued news today that is both disturbing and hopeful. Disturbing in that the monarch butterfly population (Danaus plexippus) has declined by more than 90 percent in under 20 years.
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Colusa County: Article

September 2014

August 26, 2014
Club Meetings begin, 4-H Council Meeting, New Leader Orientation, Primary 4-H Camp, Scholarship Workshop, Changes in the UCCE 4-H Office...
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