Ongoing research

I was just speaking to a group of Certified Crop Advisors and there was some confusion about the units used by different labs to report their results, so I put together this sheet to help understand the relationship between the different terms.

Mark your calendar. If you want to learn about malaria and the exciting new research underway, be sure to set aside Friday, April 24.

toGrowing blueberries in a pot is not such a whacky idea. Along the coast, they never get as big as the Central Valley or other places where they are grown. That's because they are in almost continuous flower and fruit production.

The vibrant colors of Cosmos, an annual flower with the same common name as its genus, are spectacular. But we especially like the showstopping pink Cosmos with its bright yellow center. Well, sometimes, they have a green center--that's when an ultra green sweat bee is foraging.

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It's like winning the triple crown. The Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America (PBESA) has announced that two distinguished professors and a graduate student from the Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, have won major awards.

Along the mighty Santa Clara River are planted many lemons and once upon a time many Valencia orange trees. There's lots of wild life along the river which causes some issues with food safety. One of the many creatures are rats and when things dry up they start foraging further and further for food.

If you grow tomatoes, you ought to be concerned about thrips. They're pests of fruits, vegetable and horticultural crops, including tomatoes, grapes, strawberries and soybeans. They're barely visible to the naked eye, but oh, how disastrous they can be.

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation's Pesticide Registration Branch is recruiting for an Environmental Scientist position.

A quick post today to share an announcement for a Integrated Weed Management Specialist position at the University of Nebraska.