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Getting into the Weeds of Citrus HLB

March 9, 2022
By Ben A Faber
New Candidatus Liberibacter' Pathosystems Focus Issue from APS (American Phytopathological Society) Read the great review of the bacteria that causes Citrus Huanglongbing and then the abstracts of the articles in this edition of Phytopathology.
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Strawberries and Caneberries: Article

Nation Goes All In On Organic, Economy Goes Into Crisis Six Months Later

March 9, 2022
By Mark P Bolda
I found this very informative piece the other day while doomscrolling on Twitter. This is out of the periodical Foreign Policy, and addresses a very rapid conversion of an entire country to organic agriculture, and the subsequent upset to its economy: https://foreignpolicy.
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Insect enthusiast James Heydon (front) and scientist Ben Maples (back), a UC Davis entomology graduate who works at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, show insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Sunday, March 6 during the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

'A' Is for Arthropods, 'B' Is for Biodiversity Museum Day

March 8, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you attended the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day last Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Room or took a side trip to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, you may have gone home humming "A" is for arthropods. Or "B" is for Biodiversity Museum Day.
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