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You may have heard about the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a tiny insect that spreads a disease called Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening. Infected citrus tree fruits remain green and do not ripen, and the fruit tastes bitter. Diseased trees decline and eventually die. There is no cure.

Thinking about becoming a UC Master Gardener of Colusa County? Meet the Master Gardeners information meeting on January 3 at 1 pm. 100 Sunrise Blvd., Colusa We are trained by the University of California in research based horticulture practices. What do we do? We teach workshops.

I said goodbye to an old friend this week. We had been friends and sometimes not so friendly but I always loved my friend. My old friend was a Salvia greggi (red), yes a plant. We had been together here at this house over 25 years. But as time passed my friend started to age and look old.

Just call these "something sweet" and "something neat." Yesterday on Bug Squad we featured holiday gifts available at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis--from calendars, t-shirts and sweatshirts to books, jewelry, posters, and insect-collecting equipment.

The Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center (COAREC) invites applications for a full-time (1.00 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor position.

Caring for Pruning Tools...

The UC California Naturalist program successfully completed its first UC ANR five-year statewide program review.

UC Davis doctoral student Rebecca Godwin, whose research focuses on the phylogenetics, taxonomy, and systematics of trapdoor spiders, won a second-place award in the President's Prize graduate student competition at the recent Entomological Society of America (ESA) meeting in Vancouver, B.C.

The Intermountain Research and Extension Center is soliciting proposals from researchers for new and continuing research projects in 2019-20. IREC is a 140-acre research facility located at 4,000 feet elevation near the Oregon border.

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