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Spring Sac Valley Walnut News

April 8, 2014
In This Issue: California Walnut Research New Farm Advisor Introduction Understanding & Managing Botryosphaeria & Phomopsis Canker and Blight Watch for Early Insect Activity Perspective on trends in orchard spacing, pruning and potential disease Springtime Recovery from Winter Freeze Damage SAVE THE...
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Is Herbicide Usage Higher or Lower in Genetically-Engineered Crops Compared with their Conventional Counterparts?

April 8, 2014
It never ceases to amaze me how controversial the issue of genetically engineered crops is. It is probably one of the polarizing issues of our time. Many people's beliefs on the subject are so firmly engrained that there is no way that their opinion on the subject can be alteredeven a tiny bit.
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An Osmia (family Megachilidae) pollinating a flower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Here's the Buzz That Might Change How We Think

April 7, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Talk about a good insurance policy. Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) just published an article in the Journal of Applied Ecology that indicates that blueberry growers who invest in nearby wildflower habitat to attract and support wild bees can increase their crop yields.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicide-related definitions: A review

April 6, 2014
When I first started my Ph.D. in Weed Science, I encountered a strange, new language that appeared to be composed, almost entirely, of acronyms. PRE. POST. PD. Layby. PPI. AI. Etc...
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IGIS: Article

Sierra Nevada Decision Support System

April 5, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
Former student and GIS expert Chippie Kislik alerted me to this video. She is working with others at NASA Ames on a Sierra Nevada DSS Ecological Forecasting Project. A video about the project is here.
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A queen bee and her colony at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

When Bees Get in Trouble

April 4, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Bees are incredibly good at picking up what's in their environment." So said Senior Extension Associate Maryann Frazier of Penn State when she addressed the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's seminar last Wednesday, April 2 in Briggs Hall.
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Colusa County: Article

April 2014

April 4, 2014
Upcoming events Family Fair - Saturday April 5th at the fairgrounds Plant Clinic - Friday April 11 at Griff's Feed and Seed...
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Nitrogen and Potassium Uptake of Avocado Fruit

April 4, 2014
By Ben A Faber
At a recent avocado meeting, Carol Lovatt of the Botany Department at UC Riverside pointed out that avocado fruit take up more potassium than nitrogen, almost twice as much, and that much of that uptake occurs later when the fruit is expanding.
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A honey bee pollinates a tangerine blossom next to fruit lingering on the tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

The Tangerine Girls

April 3, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The honey bees know it before we do. The tangerines are blooming. Today dozens of bees buzzed around our tangerine trees, doing their annual job of pollinating the crop. The tangerine, the common name of the mandarin orange, is native to southeast Asia.
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