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

USA soil scientist uses bacteria to ward off weeds

December 8, 2011
By Gale Perez
PULLMAN, Wash. -- Ann Kennedy leaned forward over her desk, the better to share her exitement. "We're talking about a bacterium that could change the fabric of the lands of the West," she said. "It could change how the West looks.
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Future beekeeper Emily Fishback with her beekeeper-father Brian Fishback of Wilton, who provided the bee observation hives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Honey of an Event!

December 7, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you missed the Honey! event sponsored by the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science and held recently in the UC Davis Conference Center, not to worry. James R.
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Zucchini roots damaged by SSM
E-Journal of Entomology and Biologicals: Article

Spotted snake millipedes in zucchini

December 7, 2011
Spotted snake millipede infestation on zucchini (Photo by: Surendra Dara) Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Atelocerata Class: Diplopoda Order: Julida Family: Blaniulidae Scientific name: Blaniulus guttulatus (Bosc, 1792) The snake like slender body and brownish or pinkish spots on the lateral sides giv...
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicide Resistance: Is anyone to blame?

December 5, 2011
I'm often asked the question: "Who is to blame for the development and spread of herbicide resistance in weeds?" Seeing as I am neither a lawyer nor a politician, I am not in the habit of pointing fingers and laying blame.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Yellow & purple nutsedge and the root-knot nematode

December 5, 2011
By Gale Perez
Weeds are often the most problematic to manage in and around agricultural fields. Yellow and purple nutsedge are difficult to manage and it seems brings an additional pest of concern.
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Honey bees working the hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bee Gone!

December 2, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What a remarkable project a biologist launched in Kenya involving honey bees. It all began with farmers complaining that migratory elephants were raiding their crops and destroying their livelihood.
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Larvae of a blister beetle, Meloe franciscanus on a digger bee, Habropoda pallida. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz, used with permission))
Bug Squad: Article

Phoresy!

December 1, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Phoresy! If that word is not in your everyday vocabulary, just think of a symbiotic relationship where one organism transports another organism of a different species for the benefit of both.
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