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A fruit fly, a spotted-wing drosophila, on a raspberry. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Yao Cai's Exit Seminar: 'How Do Flies Tell the Time of Day?'

October 21, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Yao Cai, who received his doctorate in entomology in September from UC Davis, will present his exit seminar, "How Do Flies Tell the Time of Day?" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar, set Wednesday, Oct. 26.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Tree Crop Herbicides

October 21, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.
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Ceanothus 'Concha', Jeanette Alosi
The Real Dirt: Article

What Makes a Plant Drought Tolerant?

October 21, 2022
Fall is the best time to put new plants in the ground. They can establish roots and become accustomed to conditions in their new home before going dormant for the winter, then benefit from the mild spring conditions before the scorching heat of summer arrives.
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photos by Michelle Davis
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Scary Plant!

October 21, 2022
Walking around my neighborhood, I noticed that quite a few of my neighbors have gone all-out decorating for Halloween giant skeletons and spiders, fake cobwebs, plastic pumpkins, witches and ghouls. And as always, I started looking at the plants. One that I am seeing more of is Datura.
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Peppermint season

October 20, 2022
By Deanne Meyer
Peppermint season is here. Already candy canes are available in many colors and flavors. Any idea where within UC ANR peppermint work is conducted? If you said Intermountain Research and Extension Center (IREC) you're right! The IREC is in Siskiyou County, just a stone's throw from Oregon.
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A gravid praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, dines on a honey bee in a Vacaville pollinator garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A Good Day for a Praying Mantis

October 20, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a good day for a praying mantis. It was not a good day for a honey bee. Here's what happened in the "Daily Insect News": a gravid praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, ambushed and ate a honey bee on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI welcomes policy analyst Kassandra Bacon

October 20, 2022
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie, Kassandra A Bacon
Kassandra Bacon joined the Nutrition Policy Institute staff as a project policy analyst on October 12, 2022. Kassandra attended the UC Berkeley School of Public Health where she earned her MPH with a concentration in Public Health Nutrition and Graduate Certificate in Food Systems.
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