Ongoing research

Have you ever seen a pink praying mantis, Stagmomantis californica? No? Now you have. Adrienne Austin-Shapiro of Davis yesterday spotted this pink praying mantis (below) on the second-floor wooden planking above Blondie's Pizza, 4th and G streets, Davis.

The annual Delta field meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 4th starting at 10:00am. This year, the agenda includes topics on both field corn and sorghum. The meeting location is at the UCCE field corn variety trial plot off of Brunk Road on Tyler Island.

Invasive aquatic weeds hinder access to marina docks and slips in the Sacramento / San Joaquin Delta, resulting in costs for management and potential lost business for marina operators. Water hyacinth collects around slips and docks and other structures in the water.

There are still a few spots left for the... First Annual Registration begins: 8:00-8:30 AM Program: 8:30 AM-4:15 PM The day will begin with an interactive tour of the Weed Science research plots at Hamilton Road.

Presidential candidate Herbert Hoover campaigned for "a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage." (Now we have free-range organic chicken on every barbecue grill, and as many as three fuel-efficient cars with sophisticated high-tech gadgets in every multi-car garage.

Several years ago, I had what seemed like a great weed research idea. My idea addressed a serious agricultural weed problem in California, it was applicable to several cropping systems, it used an integrated approach to weed management, and it utilized a pretty novel approach (or so I thought).

Here's some info about 3 upcoming events related to livestock and rangelands. All of this information, and more, is available in a hard copy newsletter I mailed out today to almost 1,000 livestock producers in San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties.

Today marks the end of this year's California Naturalist Conference (http://calnat.ucanr.edu/2016conference/), where IGIS was once again honored to be a contributor at the fantastic gathering.

If you've never visited the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, or if you're eager to return, mark your calendar! Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum and Tabatha Yang, public education and outreach coordinator, have just announced the schedule for the special w...

It was right where it belonged--by the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences. As I returned from a meeting in the building today, something green caught my eye. A praying mantis was hanging out on the society garlic. Was it eating any prey? No, not this time.