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Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer can go to over 100 and counting hosts, but the Fusarium that the ambrosia beetle carries can not reproduce on all tree species. It is this fungus that ultimately kills the tree.

The first day of May calls for a little color. And the blanket flower (Gaillardia) fills the bill. Native to North and South America, it's a member of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Its delightful yellow and red flowers remind us of the Native American Indian blankets.

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One point I always make is that the sooner you control annual weeds, the better. This reduces crop-weed competition, along with a host of other issues caused by weeds (we'll save that for another blog). But the real key to forward-looking weed management is to kill the weed before it produces seeds.

Carl Bell Emeritus, University of California, San Diego, CA carl@socalinvasives.com The intentional manipulation of wild plants to become desirable crops was the beginning of agriculture some 10,000 years ago.

There was a lot of odd looking, water-soaked Satsuma fruit showing up this year along the coast. It was showing up as late as March since fruit can hang so much longer along the coast than the Central Valley and hotter areas.

Entomologists don't always study insects. If you're James R. Carey , distinguished professor of entomology at UC Davis, and you're in Africa, you also video them--insects like fog-harvesting Namib Desert beetle.

Tadpole shrimp research update; Arthropod management update...

From Bruce Riordan, at the Climate Readiness Institute. Bay Area Climate Stakeholders: Governor Brown's new Executive Order, issued today is a banner day for our climate change efforts. 1. The Executive Order sets a new interim goal for GHG reduction40% below 1990 levels by 2030. 2.

This weekend will be somewhat like "The Days of Bees and Roses.