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Karey Windbiel-Rojas' cockroach costume proved a crowd pleaser at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. Here entomologist Jeff Smith, who curates the butterflies and moths at the Bohart, gives his approval. Windbiel-Rojas, with the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) is the associate director for Urban and Community IPM. (Photo by Tabatha Yang)
Bug Squad: Article

The Day That Cockroaches Stole the Show

November 27, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was the day that cockroaches stole the show. However, bed bugs, carpet beetles and pantry pests got into the act and competed mightily for the spotlight. The occasion: The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, held Sunday afternoon, Nov. 18. The theme: "Urban Entomology.
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Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Sixty Second Science Snippet: November 2018

November 27, 2018
This is a new type of post that I hope to upload monthly to this blog site: a short little bit of information that can be read in about a minute that (hopefully) illustrates an important fact of value to growers in the SJV.
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Photo 1. Weeds in untreated
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New weed control options for leeks

November 27, 2018
By Richard F Smith
Richard Smith is a University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor in Monterey County. Leeks are in the onion family and are increasingly important crop in Monterey County. In 2017, there were 475 acres produced worth $8.6 million.
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Listen To “Seed Banks” On In The Garden Radio

November 27, 2018
This week on In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners, KUCI staff host and MG Dece Morgan takes us to the Orange Public Library Foundation Seed Lending Library located in downtown Orange for a unique 30 minutes to tell you how all this works.
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From Soil to Science: Article

Meet our Sonoma County Forestry Advisor!

November 27, 2018
This month Sonoma County UCCE would like to welcome our new Forestry advisor. Michael Jones. Michael will be serving Sonoma County as a Forestry Advisor. From Michael: I joined UCCE on October 1, 2018 as the Forestry Advisor for Sonoma, Mendocino, and Lake Counties.
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photos by Michelle Davis

Apples and Demeter Farming

November 27, 2018
After Labor Day, I automatically start thinking about apples. And each year, on an autumn weekday, my husband and I head to Apple Hill and visit some of the orchards on the Apple Hill map. We usually bring home frozen baked apple products and a few bags of different kinds of apples.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Not Just Navels Split

November 27, 2018
By Ben A Faber
It has been a struggle to get through these hot times and now it's getting cooler, it's even rained, and suddenly that beautiful citrus that has just broken color and is an orange globe splits.
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Giving Tuesday UC IPM
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Eat a Bug for Giving Tuesday?

November 26, 2018
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
#GivingTuesday is November 27! Want to know how you can support the work we do here at the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program to help you understand and control pests around your home and landscape?
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ANR Adventures: Article

'Fest' week off to a rocky start

November 26, 2018
By Wendy Powers
I have trouble with long holidays. While I enjoy the time away, the longer I am away the harder it is to come back! As a result of unexpected closures last week, things were a bit less productive than anticipated making the time off seem a bit longer than planned.
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