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Updates on UC campus climate efforts

August 19, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Dear UC community, As the 2024-25 academic year begins on our campuses over the next few days and weeks, I want to share a few updates about our work this summer to ensure a safe, inclusive campus climate that fosters a free exchange of ideas across the University of California.
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Topics in Subtropics Summer Issue 2024

August 19, 2024
This edition includes the following: Cherimoya Growers Handbook Available On-Line Learning From the Rain Optimizing Avocado Irrigation Management Practices Using Soil Moisture Sensing Pest Alert: Fig Wax Scale Ag Labor Management Resources Upcoming meetings Avocado Irrigation workshops Avocado Sunbl...
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Topics in Subtropics Summer Issue 2024

August 19, 2024
This edition includes the following: Cherimoya Growers Handbook Available On-Line Learning From the Rain Optimizing Avocado Irrigation Management Practices Using Soil Moisture Sensing Pest Alert: Fig Wax Scale Ag Labor Management Resources Upcoming meetings Avocado Irrigation workshops Avocado Sunbl...
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Two Western spotted cucumber beetles, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, on a Coreposis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Seeing Spots and Holes?

August 16, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So there you are, admiring your Coreopsis and suddenly you notice spots and holes--spots on the backs of two western spotted cucumber beetles, and holes cut in the petals. Ah, there's two of them. The beetles, about a fourth of an inch long, are fun to photograph, but they're not your buddies.
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Fig. 1. Garbanzos at flowering.
SJC and Delta Field Crops: Article

2024 Garbanzo Bean Variety Evaluation

August 16, 2024
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
In 2024, UCCE began evaluating garbanzo varieties in Central Valley regional trials. In a San Joaquin County commercial field, we evaluated six advanced lines from the UC Davis garbanzo breeding program and two standard varieties (UC 27 and Sutter).
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Fig. 1 Garbanzos at flowering.
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2024 Garbanzo Bean Variety Evaluation in San Joaquin County

August 16, 2024
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
In 2024, UCCE began evaluating garbanzo varieties in Central Valley regional trials. In a San Joaquin County commercial field, we evaluated six advanced lines from the UC Davis garbanzo breeding program and two standard varieties (UC 27 and Sutter).
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