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Ben Faber and Brad Hanson This is not good. You find an avocado tree with sun blotch or it is time to thin the orchard and you remove the offending tree. You know that if you don't remove the sucker, you'll end up with some rootstock growth that just gets in the way of the other trees.

by Pat Hitchcock Parsley has been luxuriant in my garden this year. I wish I could take credit for it, but I have to confess that the largest patch of it sprouted voluntarily late last winter, just as the fall-planted parsley decided to go to seed.

Thanks to Doug Thomas of Crown Nursery, I'm able to see how the plants are changing as the weather cools up at MacDoel. This is a picture of Monterey close to the field of my original post.

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County These days you can get gardening information just about anywhere. In addition to the internet, there are radio shows, books, TV shows and classes offered by various organizations to help you learn.

Congratulations to the international team of scientists, including UC Davis entomologist and co-author Diane Ullman, on their publication involving the genome analysis of the western flower thrips, an invasive global agricultural pest that feeds on plants and is considered a supervector, spreading p...

We found this funny-faced visitor in the garden this summer. The Gray Hairstreak (or Common Hairstreak), Strymon melinus, is a common butterfly found in all 48 contiguous states. It is often found in weedy and disturbed areas.

Irises By Patty Smith UCCE Master Gardener I purchased this iris a few years ago. Wow, has it been a pleasureproviding these enormous showy blooms for several seasons. Alas, the reliable iris has one drawbackit really needs to be divided periodically.

Chemical ecologist Anjel Helms of Texas A&M University will speak on "The Smells of Dinner, Death, and Danger: How Organisms Navigate Multitrophic Interactions in a Chemical World" at the next virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Newly published research by an international team of scientists, including UC Davis entomologist and co-author Diane Ullman, promises to be an important resource on the genome analysis of the western flower thrips, an invasive global agricultural pest that feeds on plants and is considered a superve...

UC ANR leadership has opened an internal call for those interested in assuming the role of County Director (CD) for Riverside County beginning Jan. 2, 2021. This call is open to all UC ANR employees regardless of staff or academic status.