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UC Rice Blog: Article

Rice Field Day: Wednesday, August 27, 2014

August 21, 2014
By Luis Espino
The annual Rice Field Day will be Wednesday, August 27, 2014, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California. You and your associates are cordially invited to join us to observe and discuss research in progress at RES.
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Cabbage white butterfly in mid-flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Luck of a Lady in White

August 20, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There's something about the cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) that makes folks foam at the mouth.
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IGIS: Article

New VTM photo reshoots from Joyce - check it!

August 20, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
Joyce Gross is our most avid VTM photography buffs. Here are two new VTM reshoots for our viewing pleasure. Her original post here. She says: This was the first VTM photo site I've found that required a hike to get there.
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IGIS: Article

Measuring Development: Energy & Environment

August 20, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
I spoke yesterday at the CEGA-DIME* co-sponsored event: Measuring Development: Energy & Environment. This was a terrific day of interesting talks, thoughtful conversations and great networking.
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A drone (male bee) emerging. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Keeping Bees

August 19, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
So you want to keep bees in your backyard... When do you start? What should you do? Newly retired Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, continues to field questions.
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IGIS: Article

Graduate Certificate in GIST up and running

August 18, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
The UC Berkeley Graduate ?Certificate ?in? Geographic ?Information ?Science ?and? Technology? (GIST)? has been approved, and is up and running. This certificate will provide? an ?academic? structure ?for ?an ?interdisciplinary ?exchange ?of? ideas ?around? geospatial? information ?and ?analysis.
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Two Gulf Fritillary caterpillars meet on a stem after having munched all the leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Strippers

August 18, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We have strippers. Not anything to do with that thriving business known as "The Strip Club" in Las Vegas.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

University of California IPM Green Bulletin

August 18, 2014
By Ben A Faber
The UC IPM Green Bulletin is a very useful guide to many things pest, weed and disease management. The latest edition is now out. Check it out. www.ipm.ucdavis.
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