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No-till transplanting the 2011 tomato crop at the University of California West Side Research and Extension Center.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Record no-till yields achieved in 2011

December 20, 2011
By Jeannette Warnert
University of California scientists have for the first time achieved the same yields in cotton and tomato research plots managed under conservation tillage strategies as they did on adjacent plots using conventional tillage practices.
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Camouflaged praying mantis having lunch. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Shutterbug or Shudder Bug?

December 19, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We usually see praying mantids, aka praying mantises, camouflaged in foliage and lying in wait to ambush prey. But have you ever seen them frying flies over a kitchen stove? You will when you take a look at an Oklahoma photographer's work.
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Conservation tillage soil on right and standard tillage soil on left.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

Tillage practices changing

December 19, 2011
By Jeannette Warnert
Californias Conservation Agriculture Systems Institute (CASI) has prepared its survey of tillage management acreage for 2010.
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Culex quinquefasciatus, which can transmit West Nile virus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Mosquito Man: Stepping Down

December 16, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Most people have never served 38 consecutive years on an executive board that looks out for the health and welfare of two million people. But then again medical entomologist Robert Washino isn't most people.
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Colusa County: Article

January 2012

December 16, 2011
Presentation Day entry form, Poultry Field Day, Sheep & Goat Educational Days, Rabbit shows and Chico State University Swine Day.
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The tiny egg of a future honey bee weighs about 0.1 mg. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Now That's Massive Weight Gain!

December 15, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So you're thinking you're putting on a little weight during the holidays. Not to worry. Put it all in perspective by thinking about the larvae of the honey bee.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

2012 Annual Rice Grower Winter Meetings

December 15, 2011
By Luis Espino
2012 Annual Rice Grower Meetings Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension -------------- 4 Locations -------------- WHERE & WHEN Williams: Monday, Jan. 23, 8:30 am, Granzellas Banquet Hall, 457 - 7th Street, Williams Richvale: Monday, Jan. 23, 1:30 pm, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

A very basic discussion about MOAs

December 15, 2011
Herbicide resistance is the inability of an herbicide to control a weed species that it was previously effective against. Weed scientists will often tell growers that a means for managing resistance is to rotate herbicide chemistries such that you are rotating among mechanisms of action.
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