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

Medusahead and Milestone work continues

November 4, 2013
By Guy Kyser
After making a bunch of extension presentations, and following our 2012 publication of Preemergent control of medusahead on California annual rangelands with aminopyralid (Rangeland Ecology & Management 65:418-425), Ive talked with quite a few ranchers who have successfully used Milestone preemergen...
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broad mite on fruit
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Predatory Mites Controlling Citrus Broad Mite

November 4, 2013
By Ben A Faber
We have recently had an outbreak of citrus broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) in lemons. Broad mites feed on fruit and leaves, preferring young fruit up to about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter that are located on the inside of the canopy or on the inward facing side of outer fruit.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

November/December 2013 Cloverlines

November 2, 2013
In this issue... Equine Play Day, Science Night, Beverage Guidelines, Anna's Reading Room at Ormond Pointe, Food Faire & Fashion Revue, new section... It's that time of year! and much more.
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Skull shares the habitat of the giant cave cockroah (Blaberus gigante). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Things That Go Bump and Boo in the Night

November 1, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was about things that go bump and boo in the night during the annual Bohart Museum Society's Halloween party. The society's annual Halloween party in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, showcased a combination of insects and costumes.
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biochar soil
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Biochar and Ventura

November 1, 2013
By Ben A Faber
Biochar is a partially burned organic matter that can be used as a soil amendment. Its use was identified in the Amazon jungles where the terra preta (black earth) was first identified in areas where humans had incorporated the charcoal and improved plant growth was noted.
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Jumping spider peering between the petals of a yellow rose. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

About Those Jumping Spiders!

October 31, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Every day should be Spider Appreciation Day, but especially on Halloween. Ophthalmologist and professor Ivan Schwab of the UC Davis Health System says that spiders get a bad rap. Few would harm you, and only rarely are spiders aggressive towards humans.
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A digger bee, Habropoda pallida, with blister beetle larvae. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz)
Bug Squad: Article

Bees, Parasites and Maybe the End?

October 30, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Thursday, Nov. 7 promises to be an exciting day for the Northern California Entomology Society--a great presentation by UC Davis evolutionary ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz, who researches how blister beetle nest parasites cooperate to mimic the sex pheromone of a digger bee.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Weed Science Position Vacancy at UCR

October 30, 2013
By Brad Hanson
Weed Science CE Specialist position available at UC Riverside: The Department of Botany and Plant Sciences invites applications for an Assistant Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist (11-month tenure-track, 90% CE, 10% OR).
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