Ongoing research

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Portable Soil Drenching Devices - No. 2

Portable Soil Drenching Device (PSDD) PSDD in the field The latest prototype of a PSDD. A 175-foot-long boom travels 1.3 feet per minute.
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IPM guidelines for replanting

All files are pdf format: IPM-Based Guidelines for Replanting Grapes in 2000 without Methyl Bromide RS-3 RS-9 Data from Australia April 2011 Data from Australia March 2011 IPM -Based Guidelines for Replanting Prunus Orchards in 2002 without Methyl Bromide Progress in the Search for Methyl Bromide Al...
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About us

The UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) is a world-class research operation in the heart of Californias San Joaquin Valley from which flows a steady stream of practical ideas and solutions ready for implementation by the region's farmers.
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Field research and operations management

The Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center provides project management and support for applied research on agricultural and environmental issues.
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Physical plant

Physical plant's primary mission is the construction management, operation and maintenance of all Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center buildings grounds and facilities. Our unit provides highly skilled technicians and support staff that respond to emergency service calls 24/7.
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Anopheles arabiensis ecology

This is a five year project in collaboration with Gregory Lanzaro (Director of Vector Genetic Laboratory http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/gclanzaro/vgl/research.
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Vector immunity

This is a five year project in Collaboration with Shirley Luckhart (Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, UC Davis http://www.ucdc.ucdavis.edu/medmicro/staff/luckhart.htm) and Gregory Lanzaro (Director of Vector Genetic Laboratory http://faculty.vetmed.ucdavis.
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Anopheles gambiae genetics

Collecting larvae on the Island of Bubaque, Bijagos This project is in collaboration with Gregory Lanzaro (Director of Vector Genetic Laboratory and Clare Marsden). Visit the above URL for more details about specific aims and objectives.
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Anopheles gambiae cytogenetics

gambiae polytene chromosome spread Years of research in Africa done by Lanzaro and I confirm our view that gene flow between Anopheles gambiae molecular forms known as Savanna and Forest M and S forms is not consistent in both time and space which makes distinguishing and naming these forms a dynami...
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Culex pipiens population genetics

Culex quinquefasciatus Cx. quinquefasciatus, Cx. pipiens, and Cx. pipiens molestus members of the Cx. pipiens complex have undergone enormous adaptations and expansions into urban and peri-urban environments worldwide.
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