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ARS Citrus Rootstocks: A Success Story The United Nations General Assembly designated 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. This issue of Down on the Farm takes a look at one of ARS's major contributions to fruit production: citrus rootstocks.

She came, she saw, she oviposited, she nectared and she left. That's the extent of our sole monarch sighting in our Vacaville pollinator garden this year. This occurred Oct. 9.

Which Dog? And How Many? One of the hazards of referring to livestock guardian dogs (LGDs) as predator protection tools is that we seem to think of them like other tools.

Two springs ago while shopping at a big box store in Vallejo in the pre-Covid era, I purchased a Gala apple tree sapling with its roots wrapped up in a bag. In my mind, I was already crunching into a crisp juicy apple. I was eager to take it home and transfer it to a 7-gallon bucket.

Open enrollment will start Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, at 8 a.m. and end Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at 5 p.m. UCPath will host several open enrollment webinars between Oct. 26 and Nov. 16.

Fall is the best time to plant garlic for a summer harvest. Both the softneck and hardneck types of garlic can be planted now. The softneck varieties are found in most grocery stores. They have a mild flavor and store very well.

Are you a tuber grouper? Or maybe a tuber cougar? Or maybe a tuber goober? Whatever the case. It's fall and it's time to start planting. Tubers and rhizomes both grow from swollen portions of underground plant stems. Tubers can grow in any direction.

Insect enthusiasts will love the Bohart Museum of Entomology's latest art piece, commissioned as part of the museum's 75th anniversary. A small graphic is posted on the Bohart Museum website with a link to a large PDF that you can download and color.

A research laboratory that collaborates with UC Davis distinguished professor Bruce Hammock on cancer research, using nanobodies from camelids and gene therapy to target tumors, has been named the State Key Laboratory for Nanobodies in the Guangxi Province, China.

Come to the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center to learn about nematode management from UC Riverside nematologist Andreas Westphal. CEUs pending. Registration is limited to 100 participants. You can sign up here: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.