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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Do YOU Like a Mystery?!

January 29, 2019
Do you like mysteries? You know, those who-done-it books and stories; or do you prefer those mysteries which start with clues where you guess an item or thing from what you're given?
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Calexico FFA volunteers help participants pick vegetables in the U Pick garden
DREC: Article

Farm to Preschool Festival

January 29, 2019
By Stacey Amparano
With over 700 participants, 100 volunteers, and 19 organizations involved, the Farm-to-Preschool Festival was a huge success! https://www.thedesertreview.com/agriculture/preschoolers-learn-where-food-comes-from-the-farm-smart-way/article_cbc4dbc6-2229-11e9-a67f-57d21470c5b3.
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Figure 1. Untreated plot (left) and Pronamide (Kerb at 2.5 pints/A) applied via drip tape (right) 30 days after transplanting of romaine lettuce. Areas most distant from drip tape that supplied herbicide show weed survivorship.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Drip-applied Kerb (Pronamide) in lettuce

January 29, 2019
By Oleg Daugovish
Over the years of Kerb use in lettuce (more like decades) there has been a lot of work on application methods. Our transplanted lettuce in southern California is usually grown on drip and when possible, we like to apply all things through it.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

Sunflowers.

January 29, 2019
by Penny Pawl, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County Why do sunflowers follow the sun? This mystery has been researched and hopefully solved. Recently discoveries at U.C. Davis have explained what this movement is and what causes it.
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Rat on a bird feeder.
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Pest Proof Your Home

January 28, 2019
By Anne E Schellman
Pests need food, water, and shelter to live. Unfortunately, some of us unknowingly attract and even invite pests to live in and around our homes! Insect and animal pests can pass through small spaces.
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Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology, stands by an almond tree on Bee Biology Road. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Robbin Thorp to Be Honored at Special Symposium at PBESA Meeting in San Diego

January 28, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, UC Davis distinguished emeritus professor of entomology and a global authority on bumble bees and other native pollinators, will be honored at a special symposium at the 103rd annual meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (PBE...
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Merced County Cooperative Extension: Article

January 2019

January 28, 2019
Feb. 7 meeting agenda DPR Units Requested: 1.0 hours L&R and 1.0 "other". 3.
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