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A maggot dipped in water-based, non-toxic paint crawls on paper. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Just Me and My Maggot

April 11, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've never been to Briggs Hall during the annual campuswide Picnic Day at the University of California, Davis, you're missing a special kind of art. Maggot Art. Yes, you read that right. Maggot Art.
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Citrus, Earwigs and Tree Wraps

April 11, 2014
By Ben A Faber
Installing tree wraps on young trees provides protection to the trunk from applications of herbicides during weed management operations. Additionally, the wraps minimize light interception by trunk tissue thereby reducing sucker growth.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Seeing a "new" Scale in Ventura

April 11, 2014
By Ben A Faber
Jane Delahoyde, a PCA here in Ventura, recently found an unusual scale in lemon here. It is barnacle scale with a typically long Latin name - Ceroplastes cirripediformis. It is unlikely to be any worse than other scales, but it's something to keep our eyes on.
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Fish-eye view of the honey tasting at Briggs Hall during the UC Davis Picnic Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Honey, Let's Go Honey Tasting!

April 10, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Want to sample some honey? How about almond, yellow starthistle, leatherwood, cultivated buckwheat, safflower and wild oak?
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Colusa County: Article

Plant Clinic

April 10, 2014
Plant Clinic Friday April 11 10am - 4pm Griff's Feed and Seed, Colusa Ask Us!...
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Honey bees on an onion umbel. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bees and Onions Go Together: Pollination Partners

April 9, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The University of California, Davis, is a world leader in seed, plant and agricultural sciences. Some 100 seed and seed-related companies are located near UC Davis and benefit greatly from its proximity, but the influence of UC Davis extends throughout the USA and far beyond.--Seed Central.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Vol. 12, No. 1, Winter 2014 (Jan-Mar)

April 9, 2014
The Spanish Avocado Industry Strategizing for Water Cutbacks - Avocado and Citrus California Agricultural Production Statistics Maintaining the Citrus Orchard with a Reduced Irrigation Allotment The 2014 Drought in California...
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Seeing a "new" Mite in Ventura

April 9, 2014
By Ben A Faber
Bob Hill, a local Ventura PCA, saw an interesting mite he had never seen before and asked if I could id it. Well, I sent it in to Mark Hoddle and UCR and he turned it over to his student Ricky Lara to id it.
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IGIS: Article

NLCD released and webinar April 15 2014

April 9, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
These three panels of cyclical data (2001, 2006, 2011) from the National Land Cover Database depict intervals of land cover change in the vicinity of Spring Valley, a suburb of Las Vegas, NV.
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