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New online course on diagnosing herbicide injury now available Petr Kosina, UC Statewide IPM Program A brand-new online course on Diagnosing Herbicide Injury focusing on how an herbicide injury situation can arise, what information can help diagnose symptoms during field investigations, and what too...

Root-inhibiting herbicides (like pendimethalin or trifluralin) are soil-applied and pre-plant incorporated as a standard practice for conventional processing tomatoes in the Sacramento Valley.

In this issue: Marcia Stone shares MG tour of Melissa Bacalls Yucca Valley home; UCCE Plant Sale; Behind the Scenes MG, Marilyn Howard; New Advisory Boards, WCAB, DAB, EAB; County Teacher of the Year and MGs, by Brad Hardison; Tale of Two Succulents, by Amy Clayton; Surprising Survivor: Emorys Indig...

Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects less than one percent of the U.S. population. When schizophrenia is active, symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, trouble with thinking and lack of motivation.

Despite my vow to avoid purchasing any more clematis well, this year at leastI couldn't resist snapping up Clematis Little Lemons' when I saw it on sale. This charming super-dwarf clematis has yellow nodding blooms that turn into fluffy, silvery-gold, Dr.

Postdoctoral fellow Sergio Hidalgo Sotelo of the UC Davis Department of Entomomogy and Nematology will present an in-person seminar on Using Drosophila melanogaster to Understand Complex Disorders: Insights on the Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in 122 Briggs Hall.

UC ANR's hiring blitz continues! Thanks to the increased 2021-22 state funding, eight more UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Advisor positions are now released for recruitment. The recruitments are being staged to avoid overwhelming our Human Resources colleagues.

APPLE BUTTER I finally made some more apple butter. Friends down the street picked me two BIG bags full of Winter Banana apples. Some were sweet for eating, some were a bit on the tart side. All were pretty much free from bug damage.

As days shorten and temperatures cool, the pace of gardening slows along with plant growth. But there is still plenty to be done during the fall and winter months. In fact, much of what is done in the garden now will set the tone for the following year. Cleaning up the garden is an important chore.

Winning an Editors' Choice Award was a milestone for an international research team, including UC Davis entomologist Elvira de Lange. De Lange assembled a project team that wrote a research paper on the agricultural use of drones, published last February in the Journal of Economic Entomology (JEE).