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Hi! I am Yu-Chen Wang! I am the new plant pathology advisor serving Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties. I am very happy to be here to join and serve the local community. I look forward to seeing your disease problems and learning more about the industry here.

In This Issue: Almond Orchard Management Considerations Management Practices for Improved Water Capture 2022 Almond Season IPM Reflections UC IPM Air Blast Sprayer on-line calibration course Time for a Hard Look Upcoming Orchard meetings New IPM Advisor Introduction...

Yao Cai, who received his doctorate in entomology in September from UC Davis, will present his exit seminar, "How Do Flies Tell the Time of Day?" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar, set Wednesday, Oct. 26.

The federal government is awarding $6.2 million to University of California, Davis, to study how to use breeding and genetic information to protect strawberry crops from future diseases and pests.

Small Grains Nitrogen Management Webtool Training for CCAs and Crop Consultants (growers and other Ag industry welcome) Lunch provided (please RSVP) RSVP link (or use QR code): https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=39325 Thursday, November 3rd, 2022, 9 a.m. 12:00 a.m.

Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.

Fall is the best time to put new plants in the ground. They can establish roots and become accustomed to conditions in their new home before going dormant for the winter, then benefit from the mild spring conditions before the scorching heat of summer arrives.

Walking around my neighborhood, I noticed that quite a few of my neighbors have gone all-out decorating for Halloween giant skeletons and spiders, fake cobwebs, plastic pumpkins, witches and ghouls. And as always, I started looking at the plants. One that I am seeing more of is Datura.

Peppermint season is here. Already candy canes are available in many colors and flavors. Any idea where within UC ANR peppermint work is conducted? If you said Intermountain Research and Extension Center (IREC) you're right! The IREC is in Siskiyou County, just a stone's throw from Oregon.

It was a good day for a praying mantis. It was not a good day for a honey bee. Here's what happened in the "Daily Insect News": a gravid praying mantis, Stagmomantis limbata, ambushed and ate a honey bee on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola, in a Vacaville pollinator garden.