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Bug Squad: Article

A Summit to Save the Butterflies

March 27, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Let's wing it, they said. And they did. But this event wasn't "winged"; it was well planned and rooted in educational information. Wings? A reference to the flutter of the ever decreasing butterfly wings.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Tree and Vine Herbicide Registration chart update

March 27, 2017
By Brad Hanson
A quick note to share a link to our (semi) regularly updated "Herbicide Registration on California Tree and Vine Crops". Click here for a link to the PDF version on the Weed Research and Information Center page (this is probably your best bet for the most up-to-date version).
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Position re-advertised: IR-4 Regional Associate Director/Field Research Coordinator

March 27, 2017
By Brad Hanson
A position announcement I shared in October (http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=22336) was re-released last week. The new search ends on April 18, 2017. Job announcement for the Associate Director / Field Research Coordinator for the Western Region IR-4 Program.
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Bug Squad: Article

There's Gold on Them Thar Roses

March 24, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There's gold on them thar roses. No, not the kind of gold found during the California Gold Rush (18481855) that brought some 300,000 folks to the Golden State. These are gold eggs from the multicolored Asian beetle, Harmonia axyridis, that we found on our Sparkle-and-Shine roses last week.
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Leaf damage in non-target plant
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Carfentrazone-ethyl (Shark®) use in Avocados

March 23, 2017
By Sonia I Rios
Shark (carfentrazone) has been currently labeled for use in California avocados. It's widely used in many tree and vine crops. It's a Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) inhibitor. PPO is an enzyme in the chloroplast cell that oxidizes protoporphyrinogen IX (PPGIX) to produce protoporphyrin IX (PPIX).
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early-heading
UC Small Grains Blog: Article

Is it too late to topdress fall-planted wheat with N fertilizer?

March 22, 2017
By Nicholas E Clark, Mark E Lundy, Steven D Wright
We have received several recent inquiries following on our blog post from late January that discussed the potential value of a nitrogen (N) topdress at the tillering-to-jointing stages of wheat growth.
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