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Tulare County Cooperative Extension: Article

Topics in Subtropics Fall 2020

November 10, 2020
In this issue: In memoriam: George Goodall Promoting best practices for safe, economical and environmentally sound pesticide application with minimum environmental risks South American Palm Weevil: Update Lemon Establishment and Production Costs and Profitability Analysis in Ventura County, 2020 Bri...
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The walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis, in association with the fungus, Geosmithia morbida, causes the insect-pathogen complex known as "thousand cankers disease," which wreaks havoc on walnut trees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Forest Entomologists Publish Two Papers on Walnut Twig Beetle

November 10, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Two UC Davis forest entomologists who studied with the late chemical ecologist Steven Seybold, a faculty-research associate with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, have published two complementary papers on the walnut twig beetle that shed more light on the invasive pest.
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Glenn County: Article

November 2020 Livestock and Range News

November 10, 2020
*Livestock and Range New* Foothill abortion vaccine available Wildfire ash: Impacts on forage crops How will fire affect annual rangeland and what should you consider doing Tehama County applicators continuing education day Dallisgrass staggers in irrigated pasture...
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Tehama County: Article

November 2020 Livestock and Range News

November 10, 2020
*Livestock and Range New* Foothill abortion vaccine available Wildfire ash: Impacts on forage crops How will fire affect annual rangeland and what should you consider doing Tehama County applicators continuing education day Dallisgrass staggers in irrigated pasture...
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ANR Adventures: Article

Livestock at the forefront

November 9, 2020
By Wendy Powers
It seemed everyone had some level of anxiety over the 2020 Presidential Election; much of the anxiety may have dissolved for many.
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UC Davis doctoral student Clara Stuligross by her blue orchard bee nests in the spring of 2018. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

UC Davis Research: A Double Punch to the Blue Orchard Bee

November 9, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
In a first-of-its-kind study, UC Davis research shows that the double punch of pesticide exposure and food scarcity drastically affects the reproduction of the blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria, a wild bee known for pollinating early spring bloom, including almonds.
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 11-09-2020

November 9, 2020
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 11-09-2020" ET Report 11-09-2020 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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