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Avocado Collapse!

April 20, 2018
By Ben A Faber
It's that time of year to see some drama in avocado orchards. Once healthy-looking trees can suddenly turn brown in a weekend and all the surrounding trees still look fine. And it can be quite common in some years along the coast.
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Entomology student and Bohart Museum associate Wade Spencer grimaces for the camera as he holds a beaver pelt and points to where a parasite lives. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

You Won't Believe What You'll See at the Bohart Museum on Picnic Day

April 19, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Take heed. The 104th annual UC Davis Picnic Day theme is Where the Sun Shines. The sun is expected to shine throughout much of the campus on Picnic Day, Saturday, April 21, but it won't be shining in this place. Not a chance. It's where the sun doesn't shine. Think "south end of a beaver.
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San Joaquin Fair coloring contest
San Joaquin County 4-H: Article

Calling all artists! The County Fair coloring contest

April 19, 2018
The San Joaquin County Fair is holding a coloring contest for their 2018 fair program cover! All are welcome to submit entries using the design below: Hardcopies of the design are available at the County 4-H Office (2101 E. Earhart Ave.
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EGSA's t-shirt design winners: (from left) Brendon Boudinot wearing his t-shirt, "REPRESANT'; Jill Oberski with her onesie, "My Sister Loves Me" and Corwin Parker wearing his "BarBeeCue" t-shirt. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

EGSA's Prize Winning T-Shirts: Bee and Ant Designs

April 19, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hymenoptera, the order that includes bees and ants, dominated the winners' circle of the UC Davis Entomology Graduate Students' Association's t-shirt contest.
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Native bee (probably a member of the Megachilidae family) on bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida).
Kearney news updates: Article

The IR-4 Project launched a bee friendly plant search page.

April 19, 2018
The IR-4 Project at Rutgers University is pleased to announce the launch of the Plant Search page on the Protecting Bees website. Users can search for pollinator attractive plants by zip code, bloom period, sun/light requirements, and/or pollinator attractiveness.
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Kearney news updates: Article

Home is where the habitat is: This Earth Day, consider installing insectary plants.

April 19, 2018
By Stephanie P Parreira-Zweier
Help the environment this Earth Day, which falls on Sunday April 22 this year, by installing insectary plants! These plants attract natural enemies such as lady beetles, lacewings, and parasitic wasps. Natural enemies provide biological pest control and can reduce the need for insecticides.
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Agriculture majors are eligible for UC ANR scholarships, including one to study soil improvement.
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Three agriculture scholarships offered by UC ANR

April 19, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Three scholarships are being offered to college students majoring in agriculture by the University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The scholarships will be awarded for the fall 2018 semester or quarter.
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Wild flowers next to tomato field. Inset of Hyposoter parasitic wasp attacking beet armyworm larva.
Southern IPM Activities: Article

Home is where the habitat is: This Earth Day, consider installing insectary plants

April 19, 2018
By Stephanie P Parreira-Zweier
Help the environment this Earth Day, which falls on Sunday April 22 this year, by installing insectary plants! These plants attract natural enemies such as lady beetles, lacewings, and parasitic wasps. Natural enemies provide biological pest control and can reduce the need for insecticides.
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Three agriculture scholarships offered by UC ANR

April 19, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC ANR is offering three scholarships to college students majoring in agriculture. The scholarships will be awarded for the fall 2018 semester or quarter. The deadline to apply or nominate for the scholarships is May 18, 2018. KNOWLES A.
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