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Colusa County: Article

Rose Pruning Workshop

January 19, 2021
Learn how to prune hybrid tea, grandiflora, and floribunda roses. Bring pruning shears. Masks are required. Safety precautions will be taken. Free event Saturday January 23, 2021 10 am St. Stephens Church 642 Fifth St.
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The cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, nectaring on catmint in the summer. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

No Contest, But Art Shapiro Spots First Cabbage White Butterfly of Year

January 19, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, found one for the record books. Shapiro spotted a cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae, at 1:55 p.m. on Saturday, Jan.
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Lynn Gallagher
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Lynn Gallagher

January 19, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Lynn W. Gallagher, retired project scientist and barley breeder at UC Davis, died on Dec. 15, 2020. He was 77. Gallagher was born in San Francisco and raised in Marin County. He earned a B.A. in political science at UC Davis with his sights set on a law career.
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we are the gardeners
Under the Solano Sun: Article

The Book Corner

January 19, 2021
I am always on the lookout for engaging children's books about gardening. A well-written children's book can present information in a clear, reductive manner, teach an important life lesson, and inspire-- all at the same time.
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Size control in temperate fruit trees. (A) Standard variety with no size control; (B) and (C) standard variety on semidwarfing rootstock or semidwarf variety; (D) standard variety on dwarfing rootstock. (from The CA Master Gardener Handbook)
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Prune Home Fruit Trees To Improve Crop Size And Quality

January 18, 2021
By Anne E Schellman
Fruit tree pruning ranks high on most home gardeners' to do list during the winter months. While deciduous fruit trees may be pruned at other times of the year, most gardeners do their annual heavy pruning during the trees' dormant period.
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Thrips is a major pest of lettuce production in Salinas. (Illustration courtesy of Daniel Hasegawa)
Bug Squad: Article

Research Entomologist Daniel Hasegawa Targets Thrips

January 18, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They're small, about 1 mm long or less, with characteristic fringed wings. They fly, but not well. But thrips do pack a powerful punch. A major pest of many agricultural crops, including lettuce, they damage plants by (1) sucking their juices and (2) transmitting viruses.
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