Ongoing research

Thrips/TSWV Kings: Article

2018 Season - First post

April 9, 2018
By Neil McRoberts
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.
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Thrips/TSWV Fresno: Article

2018 Season - First post

April 9, 2018
By Neil McRoberts
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.
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Thrips/TSWV Merced: Article

2018 Season - First post

April 9, 2018
By Neil McRoberts
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.
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Thrips/TSWV Eastern San Joaquin Co.: Article

2018 Season - First post

April 9, 2018
By Neil McRoberts
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.
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Thrips/TSWV Western San Joaquin Co.: Article

2018 Season - First post

April 9, 2018
By Neil McRoberts
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.
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Thrips/TSWV status in Yolo & Colusa: Article

2018 Season - First post

April 9, 2018
By Neil McRoberts
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Looking back: 18 months of weeds

April 9, 2018
In the job listing for my position, weed identification and management were never explicitly mentioned. Natural resource efforts in the listing only mentioned water, forage, soils and the wide array of issues relating to rangeland ecosystem services.
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UC CalFresh Fresno/Madera Counties: Article

From Volunteer to Employee

April 9, 2018
By Coraima Linares
My journey to UC CalFresh was quite interesting. It started with two employees recruiting volunteers for the MEET program in my health class at Fresno State. I recall contemplating the idea of volunteering since I was going to have school commitments happening around the same time.
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chenopodium californicum
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Was That Weed?

April 9, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Occasionally plants show up in our office for identification and no one in the office knows what it is. So it's sent off to to others who might know. This was the case of a perennial amaranth, also called goosefoot for some reason. The is Chenopodium californicum, also know as Blitum californicum.
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San Joaquin County 4-H: Article

Central Area Presentation Day results

April 8, 2018
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Central Area Presentation Day on April 7th! In order to compete at this event they had to achieve a gold medal at County Presentation Day on February 3rd, and those that medaled at the area level will be eligible to enter the State Presentation Day...
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