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UC Master Gardeners- Diggin' it in SLO: Article

ATGB Workshop- Spring Vegetable Gardening

March 7, 2023
Planting Vegetables BY Sophia Stephens UCCE Master Gardener Spring is around the corner. Is now a good time to start planning and planting? Where should I start? This is a great time of year to start planning and planting.
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Alfalfa & Forage News: Article

Alfalfa Weevil Insecticide Efficacy Grades - 2023, Palo Verde Valley

March 6, 2023
By Ian M Grettenberger, Michael D Rethwisch
This Grade Chart represents the average Insecticide Efficacy Grade against alfalfa weevil larvae from experiments conducted in the Palo Verde Valley over the past five years, with applications being approximately 18-20 gallons/acre to ensure excellent foliar coverage.
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Figure 2. Pokeweed growing on the edge of the tarp.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Pokeweed: How to Control in an Organic Orchard System

March 6, 2023
By Clebson G Goncalves
In Northern California, Pokeweed (Phytolacca americana L.) has been around for a long time and is typically found in disturbed areas and fallow sites such as: under power lines, wooded areas, fences, pond edges, roadsides, etc. (Figure 1).
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Steven Davis, UCI professor of Earth system science, led a study of carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires in recent decades. In a paper in the journal Science, he and his colleagues shared some shocking findings. “According to our measurements, boreal fires in 2021 shattered previous records. These fires are two decades of rapid warming and extreme drought in Northern Canada and Siberia coming to roost, and unfortunately even this new record may not stand for long,” he says. Steve Zylius / UCI

Wildfires in 2021 emitted a record-breaking amount of carbon dioxide

March 6, 2023
By Grace N Dean
Irvine, Calif., March 2, 2023 Carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires, which have been gradually increasing since 2000, spiked drastically to a record high in 2021, according to an international team of researchers led by Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine.
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