Ongoing research

We are seeing severe armyworm infestations in the field. Moth numbers have stayed relatively constant in a few locations, still on the increase in Sutter and Yolo counties. This means that egg laying may continue and we may have more worms coming up.

Remember when scientists first detected the Mediterranean fruit fly in California? It was the early 1980s.

Two more trees infected with huanglongbing (HLB) disease were identified and destroyed in the days before UC Cooperative Extension and the Citrus Research Board kicked off their spring Citrus Growers Education Seminar in Exeter June 27.

Don't miss Clyde Elmore's photo exhibit... "In the Wild" July 5-August 31, 2017 Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis If you attend Weed Day 2017 (July 13, 2017), you'll get a chance to see the exhibit and talk to Clyde. There will be a reception from 4-7 PM on July 7, 2017.

"Killer bees can pursue people for more than a quarter mile when they are animated and antagonistic and die once they sting since the stingers are located at their abdomen.

In this issue: Important Enrollment News...

The Bohart Museum of Entomology came out in force on Monday, June 26 to honor Tabatha Yang, the recipient of the top award in the service category of the UC Davis Staff Assembly's Citation for Excellence Program.

UC Cooperative Extension has augmented efforts to monitor armyworm populations in rice fields since 2015 when we observed large populations earlier in the year (June) than previously observed. Here in San Joaquin County, we began monitoring in Delta rice fields a couple weeks ago.

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Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) kept a low profile during the drought years but seems to have exploded following this year's rains. (It is still lying low', so to speak, but there is a lot more of it.) Puncturevine leaves, flowers, and seeds.