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(Editor's Note: Watch the April 3rd celebration of the Life and Legacy of Wittko Franke at https://youtu.be/HHQzvaJB33U.) Nature is more a world of scents than a source of noise.

Attached is the 2021 March In A Nutshell. This issue includes information on walnut budbreak and bloom, Phytophthora, an orchard recycling how-to guide, nitrogen and zinc fertilization, and information on upcoming webinars.

Nutrition Policy Institute's Lorrene Ritchie and Wendi Gosliner, in collaboration with Gurpinder Singh Lalli of the University of Wolverhampton, are guest editors of a Special Issue on Improving School Nutrition: Innovations for the 21st Century in the International Journal of Environmental Research...

Stop for just a moment and think about where you are reading this blog.

UC ANR forms employee resource groups Dear Colleagues, I'm excited to announce my support of three new employee resource groups that are forming this month to connect and promote relationships among employees and to foster inclusive work environments across UC ANR.

Urban trees are much more than lovely greenery and stately landscape features. Scientists believe trees are a key tool for combating climate change and living with warming temperatures in California.

Good morning! UCCE Placer-Nevada and Central Sierra, along with the Placer Resource Conservation District, are hosting a workshop and field days on using prescribed fire on working rangelands and forestlands, on March 30 and 31 (with live-fire field days to be scheduled in April, weather permitting)...

And what do you get, a defoliated tree. And a defolated tree has no way of moving water through its system. The leaves are not there to transpire and create a flow of water through the tree. When hot day comes and it does not need to be much hotter than 80 deg the bark will heat up and burn.

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If you've been following the startling spread of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, into California--it's been detected as far north as Shasta County since 2013--then you'll want to read about the innovative research underway by a team of UC Davis scientists led by medical entomologist-geneti...