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Field Bindweed
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

A Valentine's Day Blog Post: Weeds With Pretty Names (Re-Posted)

February 14, 2019
You just KNOW that some plants are considered weeds. Their common names give them away. They sound awful. Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). Ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus). Devil's claw (Proboscidea lutea). Smellmelon (Cucumis melo). Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis).
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Palmer amaranth, a fast growing summer annual weed, along the edge of a corn field
Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

A Valentine's Day Blog Post: Weeds With Pretty Names

February 14, 2019
You just KNOW that some plants are considered weeds. Their common names give them away. They sound awful. Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). Ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus). Devil's claw (Proboscidea lutea). Smellmelon (Cucumis melo). Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis).
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Noticias: Article

¿Qué puedo hacer para que mi niño desayune?

February 14, 2019
En la carrera diaria por llegar a la escuela a tiempo, el desayuno no es prioridad para millones de estudiantes. Te quita tiempo, no me da hambre tan temprano, prefiero dormir, son algunos de los argumentos frecuentes de nios y adolescentes en medio de las prisas.
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The Cowtown Chili Boys of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club--from left, Xander Lovell, Matthew Agbayani, Ian Weber and Francis Agbayani--test the temperature of their chili at the Solano County 4-H Chili Cook-Off. They went on the win the competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
California 4-H Grown: Article

Solano County 4-H Grows Great Cooks!

February 13, 2019
By Suzanne Morikawa
The Solano County 4-H Skills Day is an opportunity for 4-H'ers to show what they've learned in their projects and demonstrate their showmanship skills.
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A six-foot-long mosaic and ceramic sculpture, Miss Beehaven, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

See Bugs, Bees and Nematodes on UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's going to be a long weekend, but it's a short one when you consider all the things you can do and see at the eighth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 16. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your camera.
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The Bohart Museum of Entomology Bear Flag features water bears. (Photo by Fran Keller)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bohart Museum Has Its Own 'Bear' Flag

February 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The California State Bear Flag has nothing on the Bohart Museum of Entomology's Bear Flag. A newly crafted hooded sweatshirt, the work of artist Charlotte Herbert Alberts and designer Fran Keller, features tardigrades, also known as the water bears.
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