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Conservation Agriculture: Article

Update on May/June farm visit series

July 25, 2016
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
July 24, 2016 CASI folks, A final summary of the many lessons that surfaced during the five farm visits that were held back in May and June is now posted at the CASI website at http://ucanr.edu/?blogpost=21603&blogasset=85918.
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ACP adult and nymph
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Organic Control of Asian Citrus Psyllid is Challenging

July 25, 2016
By Ben A Faber
With the detection of Huanglongbing (HLB) in California in 2012 and 22 additional cases reported during 2015 through June 2016 there is a major concern among citrus growers about the spread of this incurable bacterial disease.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New species of Russian thistle on the move in California

July 23, 2016
What happens when two problematic invasive plant species hybridize? In the case of Salsola tragus and S. australis, both widespread and co-occuring, but genetically distinct species commonly referred to as Russian thistle, the result has been a new species, S. ryanii. So far S.
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IMG 5149
UC Rice Blog: Article

Blast in M-209

July 22, 2016
By Luis Espino
Our two year stretch of little to no blast might be over. I visited an M-209 field last week that seemed to be infected with blast. The lesions appeared to me like propanil drift burn; however, the yellow halo around the lesions made the PCA suspicious.
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From Venomous Scorpions to Neuropathic Pain Research

July 21, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Fascinating stories in the scientific world... Have you heard about the entomologist who went from researching venomous scorpions to alleviating human neuropathic pain? That would be Bora Inceoglu, who holds a doctorate in entomology from the University of California, Davis.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Article by Patrick Cavanaugh

July 21, 2016
By Steven A Fennimore
Hi I am posting an article by Patrick Cavanaugh with his permission. This has not been previously published. [Click HERE or the attachment below.
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