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How to Inject Citrus Trees

May 14, 2020
By Ben A Faber
An Automated Delivery System for Therapeutic Materials to Treat HLB Infected Citrus Ozgur Batuman1 and Louise Ferguson2 Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL; 2UC Davis, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis CA Why is this...
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This is the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, that was detected and destroyed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, in September 2019. (Photo courtesy of the Washington State Department of Agriculture)

Bohart Museum Virtual Open House: Got a Question About Wasps?

May 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Do you have a question about wasps? Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and UC Davis professor of entomology, will answer questions from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., on Friday, May 22 at the Bohart's first-ever virtual open house on FacebookLive.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Nutrition Policy Institute study suggests that obesity prevention programs and policies should be implemented in multiple settings to be most effective

May 14, 2020
By Danielle Lee
Nutrition Policy Institute's director and cooperative extension specialist Lorrene Ritchie and colleagues published a new study suggesting that efforts to prevent childhood obesity may be more effective when community programs and policies are both intensive and are implemented in multiple settings...
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Black leaf spots caused by Chinese elm anthracnose.<br>(Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Anthracnose Pest Note Updated

May 14, 2020
Anthracnose is a group of fungal diseases that infect many trees and shrubs, causing dark lesions on leaves and cankers on twigs and stems. In some areas of California, vegetables and turfgrass can also be infected with anthracnose. Symptoms of anthracnose vary by plant host and weather conditions.
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May 14, 2020
By-Product Management Early Lactation Milking AMMP Funds Research Opportunity CA Breeding Strategies...
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May 14, 2020
By-Product Management Early Lactation Milking AMMP Funds Research Opportunity CA Breeding Strategies...
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COVID-19 Update: Give yourself a break

May 14, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
As we continue our shelter-in-place practices, employees across the country are reporting that they are taking fewer breaks, spending more time in their chairs and in front of their screens, and experiencing an increase in competing work and family demands. Many of us are feeling Zoom exhaustion.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Pandemic Promotes Planting

May 14, 2020
In typical years we have travel plans during the spring and summer. This year, my husband was planning to walk the epic Camino de Santiago, in Spain, so I had decided 2020 was the year of the women.
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Lynn Kimsey, director of Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, with an Asian giant hornet specimen. This one is a queen and measures about 1.5 inches in length.
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Bohart Museum's First-Ever Virtual Open House to Feature Wasps

May 14, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Bohart Museum of Entomology's first-ever virtual open house, to focus on wasps, is set for 11 a.m., Friday, May 22 on FacebookLive. Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will answer questions from 11 a.m.
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