Ongoing research

June 25-30, 2017 Asilomar Conference Center // Pacific Grove, California http://www.wcpp14.org You are warmly invited to the 14th World Congress on Parasitic Plants.

A new ruling from CDFA to modify the announcement from March 2.

(Editor's Note: Joanna Chiu will be featured on Capital Public Radio's "Insight with Beth Ruyak" from 9 to 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 7. See http://www.capradio.

The Southwest US Herbicide Resistance Listening Session was hosted by the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) on February 15, 2017 at the UCCE office in Tulare, California. This was one of seven regional sessions hosted by WSSA and it included attendees from California, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Who lives in a honey bee hive? Eleven-year-old Lexi Haddon Mendes of the Vaca Valley 4-H Club, Vacaville, who has been keeping bees for five years, can tell you.

A consultant recently brought in some alfalfa plants to get another opinion on why growth was resuming slowly this spring. The field is located in Merced County and is a sandy loam soil. The field is in its fifth year, is glyphosate-tolerant, and has traditionally produced high-quality hay.

Below is a brief description of the new pest, followed by CDFA's analysis. Olive bark beetle (Phloeotribus scarabaeoides) Prepared by Dr. G.

If you're a graduate student engaged in pollinator-related research at a California university, it might pay to present your research poster at the third annual UC Davis Bee Symposium, set Sunday, May 7 in the UC Davis Conference Center.

In this issue: Revisiting an old study Shoot and Twig Dieback Alternative Crops Referendum Comments...

IGIS is pleased to announce a three-day "Dronecamp" to be held July 25-27, 2017, in Davis.