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Species of the genus Entomophthora cause epizootics in various insects around the world, but such infections are less common in California. Burger and Swain (1918) reported Entomophthora chromaphidis infections in the walnut aphid, Chromaphis juglandicola, in Southern California.

Citrus: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines Publication Number: 3441 Copyright Date: Rev. 2017 Length: 234 pp. Language: English Author: GRAFTON-CARDWELL [CROP],DEBIASE [ED Inventory Type: PDF File Availability: Always Available $0.

It's a great topic. Horticulture experts at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden will join forces with the Yolo County Master Gardeners on Sunday, Sept. 24 to present a free workshop on "Pollinator Gardening." The event takes place from 10 a.m.

Dr. Isaya Kisekka, a brand new professor of Hydrology at the University of California, Davis, took time to come down to the longstanding CASI NRI Project field during a tour of San Joaquin Valley sites and visits with people on September 21st. Dr.

The questions that come in stump many of us, but we often have ways of finding answers. Here's a recent request and Mary Lu Arpaia's response. She's one of our Postharvest Physiologist Specialists.

She's easy to find. A European praying mantis, Mantis religiosa, hangs out in our passionflower vine, Passiflora, the host plant of the Gulf Fritillary butterfly. Mantis religiosa is an introduced species, that is, non-native. We introduce ourselves.

What a weekend for bee and gardening enthusiasts! It's a shame we all can't clone ourselves and be in two places at the same time! The 40th annual Western Apicultural Society conference at the University of California, Davis, just concluded and now several more items appear on the University of Cali...

Temperatures are starting to cool down a bit, a nice reprieve from the consistently hot summer we've been having. Maybe we'll get some rain in the next three or four weeks and get some good germination. Hopefully, we won't get too much yellow starthistle this coming year, but we'll see.

Joint USDA NRCS-CDFA Healthy Soils Summit CDFA Building Auditorium Sacramento, CA January 11, 2017 Comments provided by Jeff Mitchell Late this past Sunday evening, it suddenly dawned on me that I had been dwelling on and dedicating more time and effort to my participation in this afternoon's panel...

2017 Pitahaya/Dragon Fruit Production Tour Ventura UC Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center 14292 W Telegraph Rd.