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UC Rice Blog: Article

Harvesting of Rice Variety Trials

October 18, 2011
By Luis Espino
Harvest is starting to pick up again, and the UC Rice Project is starting to harvest the statewide variety trials. The trials are conducted in collboration with the breeders at the Rice Experiment Station (RES).
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Lygus bug (Lygus hesperus) is a major agricultural pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Targeting Lygus Bugs

October 17, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you've ever grown strawberries, you're probably familiar with what the lygus bug does. This major agricultural pest is one of the causes of those cat-faced strawberries you see in your garden or in the field. Cat-faced? Think misshapened, deformed or irregularly shaped berries.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Herbicide terminology basics

October 16, 2011
By Brad Hanson
When talking about chemical weed control, a lot of different terms are used to describe the chemicals and application techniques being used. Some are terms are pretty straight forward while others are a little more specific or specialized.
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Honeybee Trio is comprised of (from left) Karli Bosler, 16; Natalie Angst, 16, and Sarah McElwain, 15. In back is Donna Billick's bee sculpture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Show Me the Honey! (And the Wonder of Bees!)

October 14, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Honey in the morning Honey in the evening Honey at suppertime Be my little honey And love me all the time... So sang the McGuire Sisters in their 1958 hit tune, "Sugartime." And so will sing the Honeybee Trio of Vacaville at the Honey! event on Friday, Oct. 21 in the UC Davis Conference Center.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Crop Production Estimates

October 14, 2011
By Luis Espino
On October 12, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released its rice crop production estimate. California's estimate was adjusted down from the September estimate; from 8,400 lbs to 8,300 lbs/a.
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Franklin's bumble bee. (Photo by Robbin Thorp)
Bug Squad: Article

Have You Seen Me?

October 13, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's good to see so many people looking for the critically imperiled Franklin's bumble bee, which the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may soon list as endangered and provide protective status.
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UC Davis chemical ecologist Walter Leal is the recipient of ESA's Nan-Yao Su Award for Innovation and Creativity in Entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Hail to the Chairs

October 12, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a Good News Day. The Entomological Society of America (ESA) just announced that among the 2011 award recipients are two UC Davis faculty: Michael Parrella and Walter Leal.
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Praying mantis with remnants of a meal. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

What's That Bug?

October 10, 2011
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you don't know what it is, don't kill it. That insect in your garden could very well be a beneficial insect. If you operate on the "shoot-first-ask-questions later" or "the only good bug is a dead bug," no telling how many insects--and generations--you'll be destroying.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

What is the cheapest weed to kill?

October 10, 2011
By Chris J McDonald
How many times do we see some plant that looks unusual, we let it sit for a while, pondering its existence (maybe that's just me), and then realize its some plant we have never seen before?
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