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Kate Frey: How to Attract Pollinators

June 22, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's National Pollinator Week and you might be wondering where your pollinators are. I'd love to attract honey bees, bumble bees and other pollinators, but what can I do?" you ask.
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Mexican sprangletop that has already set seed (about 20 days after rice seeding)
UC Rice Blog: Article

Some Weeds Ahead Of Rice This Year

June 22, 2017
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
I went out on a few farm calls in the past week, and have noticed a trend. Due to the unusually wet weather this spring, some of the weeds are already producing seed out in the field! This occurs when the field was moist or wet in the spring, and was not tilled or sprayed prior to planting.
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IGIS: Article

NEON 2017 Data Workshop Notes - Day 3

June 22, 2017
By Maggi Kelly
Today we focused on uncertainty. Yay! http://neondataskills.org/data-institute-17/day3/ Tristan Goulden gave a talk on sources of uncertainty in the discrete return lidar data. Uncertainty comes from two main sources: geolocation - horizontal and vertical (e.g.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Armyworms Are Back

June 21, 2017
By Luis Espino
I have received reports of significant defoliation due to armyworms from several areas: Glenn, Colusa, Butte and Yolo counties. In most areas the defoliation is severe but the area affected within fields still small. I inspected a field in Glenn County.
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Hey, Honey Bee, I'll Race You to the Flowers!

June 21, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hey, honey bee, I'll race you to the flowers. Okay, but you'll lose. I can go faster. Watch me! The scene: a male bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, and a worker honey bee, Apis mellifera, are buzzing along at breakneck speed toward the lavender in our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif.
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2017 FieldDay (photo credit: E. Kilmartin)
UC Small Grains Blog: Article

Follow up: UC Small Grains Field Day

June 21, 2017
By Mark E Lundy
We were glad to see a great turnout for this year's Small Grains and Alfalfa/Forages field day in May. Handouts from the morning and afternoon programs are now available online. The morning agenda is here, with handouts and videos for a subset of the talks here.
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Citrus Seminar - Next Week

June 21, 2017
By Ben A Faber
REGISTER TODAY!Deadline: Friday, June 23rd CLICK HERE to register for this event The Citrus Research Board (CRB) is proud to announce the return of the Citrus Grower Seminar Series, co-produced by the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE).
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Left to right: Jeff Mitchell, Marsha Campbell, Wendy Powers, Betsy Karle, Mark Bell.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

CASI Meets with UC ANR Leadership – June 20, 2017!

June 21, 2017
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
CASI's Betsy Karle, UCCE Glenn County, Marsha Campbell, UCCE Stanislaus County, and Jeff Mitchell, UC Davis Plant Sciences, met with UC ANR Associate Vice President, Wendy Powers, and Statewide Programs Director, Mark Bell in the ANR state offices in Davis, CA on June 20 to update them on the histor...
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Our home for the week
IGIS: Article

Day 2 Wrap Up from the NEON Data Institute 2017

June 20, 2017
By Maggi Kelly
First of all, Pearl Street Mall is just as lovely as I remember, but OMG it is so crowded, with so many new stores and chains. Still, good food, good views, hot weather, lovely walk. Welcome to Day 2! http://neondataskills.
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Tower of Beauty: Tower of Bees

June 20, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Echium wildpretii is commonly known as "The Tower of Jewels" but it ought to be known as "The Tower of Beauty." That's especially when honey bees gather to collect the blue pollen and sip the sweet nectar. Or when their wings glisten in the early morning sun.
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