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This was a case of bugs sharing the spotlight with pigs, polar bears and pigeons.

By T. Eric Nightingale,. UC Master Gardener of Napa County Most people are familiar with proteas, the shrubs with exotic blossoms that are often the focal point of a bouquet. Proteas are only one member of a family of beautiful, drought-tolerant plants.

Reposted from UC Davis News Lichen on a Napa County oak tree. (Jesse Miller/UC Davis) Quick Summary Lichen mostly unaffected by low-severity fires. In severely burned areas, nearly all lichen were gone, even 16 years after a fire.

The Butte Cluster was awarded with a UC ANR STAR Team Award in June 2018 for their significant contribution to UC ANR's Healthy Families and Communities Strategic Initiative through the coordination and implementation of the UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program (NEP) and the Expanded Food and Nut...

Dear Colleagues, Our research can have impact only if someone applies the knowledge learned from the results to make a change.

Ouch! Recently when I looked out my bedroom window I was shocked when I saw this tree with overly excessive pruning cuts. I don't know why this drastic type of pruning was needed for this tree.

I visited a field with leafhopper damage. What was interesting about this field, is that the leafhopper causing the problem was not the aster leafhopper, which is the common one we have in rice.