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Powers, Bell announce departures

April 25, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
It is with mixed emotions that we share news of our departures from UC ANR. Our decisions were arrived at independently, but given how closely we have worked with each other, we wish to share our news together.
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Employee comment sought on academic family leave policy changes

April 25, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The University invites comments on proposed revisions to Sections 715 and 760 of the Academic Personnel Manual: APM - 715, Leaves of Absence/Family and Medical Leave APM - 760, Family Accommodations for Childbearing and Childrearing Summarized below are the proposed key policy revisions that are bei...
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passionfruit interplanted with chermioya
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Find the Passsion

April 25, 2022
By Ben A Faber
To Passionfruit Growers, packers, shippers: Several state researchers with passionfruit are collaborating with Dr. Eric Stafne, Professor, Fruit Crops from Mississippi State University on a project to prioritize research and extension programs for the U.S. passionfruit industry.
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you can still see the edges of each section of the sod
Spill the Beans: Article

Kurapia

April 25, 2022
by Cynthia Kerson This is the third installment of our kurapia saga. We re-laid the kurapia mid-March, so it has been on the ground for about six weeks. A crew of four laid it in about 3 hours. It took my husband and me 2 days in 2019.
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Photo 2. Manifolds to inject Kerb
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Drip injection of Kerb evaluated

April 24, 2022
By Richard F Smith, Michael D Cahn
Richard Smith is the Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor and Michael Cahn is the Irrigation and Water Resources Farm Advisor. Both are with the University of California Cooperative Extension in Monterey County.
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Euphorbia in the landscape (Flickr, cultivar413)
Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Euphorbia - She’s got some tricks up her sappy sleeves

April 23, 2022
Here's a word to add to your garden vocabulary: Euphorbia. This is not to be confused with euphoria. How did a plant family get such a curious botanical name? The family is named for Euphorbos, a Greek physician who lived more than two thousand years ago.
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