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An aggressive caterpillar attacks another 'cat trying to pupate. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Curiosity Didn't Kill the 'Cat

September 20, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Curiosity didn't kill the 'cat. An aggressive 'cat did. We were delighted to find 10 monarch caterpillars (the first of the year!) on our narrowleaf milkweed a couple of weeks ago in our Vacaville pollinator garden--but not so delighted to see what happened to one of them.
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Choe Laboratory News: Article

Yellowjacket image was selected for a cover photo of JEE

September 20, 2018
By Dong Hwan Choe
The yellowjacket image we used for a recent publication is selected as the cover photo for August 2018 issue of Journal of Economic Entomology. (D.-H. Choe, K. Campbell, M. S. Hoddle, J. Kabashima, M. Dimson, and M. K. Rust. 2018.
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UC CalFresh Tulare / Kings Counties: Article

Nature's Candy Anyone?

September 20, 2018
With the new school year in full swing, UC CalFresh has taken the time to provide students with healthy messages in their school cafeterias! Nutrition corners have been posted in all Hanford Unified elementary schools.
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photos by Betty Homer
Under the Solano Sun: Article

White Pomegranate

September 20, 2018
Most people are familiar with a red pomegranate variety called 'Wonderful', which is commonly sold in most nurseries.
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Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell in front of the state-of-the-art fruit grader. The equipment purchase was funded by the Citrus Research Board.
ANR News Blog: Article

Citrus Research Board relies on UC ANR scientists

September 20, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
The Citrus Research Board is celebrating 50 years of careful scientific study to improve the sustainability of the California citrus industry, worth more than $7 billion per year.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Need to look to new ways of solving challenges

September 20, 2018
By Wendy Powers
Did you happen to see the nice callout in Western Farm Press that UC ANR received? The piece cited the important work that personnel around the state do to provide science and support to the agriculture community.
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Kern County: Article

Volume 17, Summer 2018

September 20, 2018
Native Pollinators of California Avocado as Affected by Introduced Pollinator Gardens Which Way World Avocados?
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Noticias: Article

De salsera a educadora, Myriam Acevedo

September 20, 2018
By Miguel Sanchez
Myriam Acevedo, no recuerda con certeza que lleg primero a su vida de nia, si las zapatillas para bailar la Salsa, que le encanta hasta la fecha, o las muecas con las que jugaba a la mam, todo es parte de su cultura en su natal Puerto Rico.
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Photographer Allan Jones of Davis focuses his camera on insects in the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Photographer Allan Jones Exudes Patience, Skill and Talent

September 19, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Photographer Allan Jones of Davis exudes patience, skill and talent from the moment he enters the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden operated by the University of California, Davis, Department of Entomology and Nematology on Bee Biology Road.
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Under the Solano Sun: Article

The Heat and Other Sad Gardening Tales

September 19, 2018
It's 99 degrees outside and I am pooped! The only chores on my list for today were moving and spraying the suckering growth around the base of my olive tree a joke on a neighbor's wrong id of the African Sumac tree in my front yard.
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