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Climate Smart Agriculture: Article

Agroforestry and Climate Smart Agriculture

October 16, 2019
By Kristian M Salgado-Jacobo
There has been much buzz and renewed interest recently in planting trees as a tool to combat both the causes and impacts of climate change.
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Bohart Museum senior museum scientist Steve Heydon with his Pteromalids or jewel wasps. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bohart Museum Open House on Oct 19: Fright or Delight?

October 15, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It won't be a Fright Night or a Delight Night. After all, it's in the afternoon. But the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on "Parasitoid Palooza" on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

The Book Corner

October 15, 2019
NATURE'S PALETTE: The Science of Plant Color By: David Lee I had just finished seeing the most delicious 18th art exhibit at the Norton Simon Museum in LA when I wandered into the museum shop.
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Glenn County: Article

Almond- October 2019

October 15, 2019
In this Issue: Potassium Management for Sustained Almond Yields Zinc and Boron Review Fall & Winter Almond Orchard Management Considerations 2019 IPM Breakfast Meeting...
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Glenn County: Article

Prune- Fall 2019

October 15, 2019
In this issue: Newsletters are going online! Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings Fall & Winter Prune Orchard Management Considerations Long Pruning for Greater Early Yields Cytospora: A year-round fight Increase Your Return on Investment with Post-Harvest Weed Scout...
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Kern County: Article

2019 UC Almond Production Short Course

October 15, 2019
Tuesday, November 5 - Thursday, November 7, 2019 Field Tour Friday, November 8, 2019 Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, CA See flyer for course information and registration link...
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Water primrose along the American River.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Biological control of invasive water primroses

October 15, 2019
By Guy Kyser
Exotic water primroses (Ludwigia spp.) are aggressive invaders in both aquatic and riparian ecosystems. The plants form dense mats over the water surface. These mats constrain navigation and interfere with recreational activities, irrigation, drainage, and agricultural production.
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