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Spotted wing drosophila on a raspberry. Both Frank Zalom and Joanna Chiu of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty, research collaborators, will speak on this pest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

UC Davis Scientists Heading to Entomology Conference in Brazil

August 27, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Three faculty members from the University of California, Davis, will be among those sharing the "people" spotlight at the joint meeting of the XXVII Brazilian Congress and X Latin American Congress of Entomology --and the spotted wing drosophila will be among the insects sharing the "insect" spotlig...
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photo by Betty Homer
Under the Solano Sun: Article

'Tis the Season for Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana)

August 27, 2018
Recently, I played a practical joke on one of my friends and gifted him a basket of cape gooseberries (the same green plastic baskets that hold cherry tomatoes and strawberries that consumers see at farmer's markets and supermarkets).
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