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Dry Bean Field Day, UC Davis
UC Dry Bean Blog: Article

Dry Bean Field Meeting, UC Davis, Thursday, August 23, 2018, 10 am- 12:30 pm

August 15, 2018
By Rachael Long
UC Davis Agronomy Farm Directions: In the field across from the UC Davis Bee Biology Lab (same place as previous years). From Hwy 113 in Davis, exit on Hutchison Dr. Go west, turn north at the first roundabout, then west at the second roundabout. Continue west on Hutchison Dr for about 1 mile.
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Check treat 3 4
Nursery and Flower Grower: Article

What You Can’t See

August 15, 2018
By Steven A Tjosvold
Question: Which of the four Gerbera plants above are infected with a deadly plant pathogen? Answer: Most observers would say the badly wilted plants, that is, the second and fourth from the left.
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Community Pest News: Article

Job opening with CDFA

August 15, 2018
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Annoucement: The Integrated Pest Control Branch of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, Biological Control Program, is recruiting to fill an Agricultural Technician I in its Sacramento, Meadowview office.
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Meadow spittlebug nymph at the Bodega Marine Reserve. (Photo by Mikaela Huntzinger)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Meadow Spittlebugs Declining Rapidly Along the California Coastline

August 15, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Meadow spittlebugs, once very abundant on plants along the California coastline, are declining rapidly or vanishing from their previous habitats, according to ecologists Richard Karban and Mikaela Huntzinger of the University of California, Davis, co-authors of newly published research in the journa...
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photo by Jenni Dodini
Under the Solano Sun: Article

About Practicing What You Preach

August 15, 2018
Those of you who have ever worked with me, or have ever heard me speak, know that my favorite advice is, "Do your research." Well......I had the opportunity to do just that recently. I have been doing a garden make-over lately, and it rather got out of hand.
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