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There are a couple of interesting issues I have noticed while looking at fields, mostly in the northern part of the valley. One is bakanae. Bakanae is a seed borne disease that is managed by soaking the seed in sodium hypochlorite or bleach. Levels are very low and is not going to affect yield.

Cucumber Beetle By Jutta Thoerner UCCE Master Gardener Western Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata Region of county most prolific: all areas Size: 1/5 inch long, 1/10 inch wide.

Reposted from the UCANR Green Blog Healthy California wildlands were managed with periodic wild and cultural fires for millennia. As the state's population and development grew, officials suppressed most fires out of concern for people, homes and businesses.

A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will boost the Bohart Museum of Entomology's world-class collection of largest water bears or tardigrades.

A research commentary on how a drug discovered in the laboratories of Professors Charles Serhan of Harvard Medical School and Bruce Hammock of the University of California, Davis, may control the body's inflammatory response to COVID-19 is the most downloaded article in the history of the journal Ca...

If you like melons, you won't like these beetles. But if you're Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla, a UC Davis graduate student in entomology, you're seeking to control these agricultural pests through more effective integrated pest management (IPM) strategies.

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of visiting my son in San Diego, and became completely enthralled by the beautiful, blooming, Jacaranda mimosifolia tree.

Managing sunflower head moth Announcements Agronomy Needs Assessment Survey Project Summaries and Available Resources When is nitrogen fertilizers of alfalfa beneficial?