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A honey bee pollinating an apple blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

An Apple from Your Pollinator

June 20, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but thankfully, they don't keep our bees away. The blossoms, that is. We need those pollinators! During National Pollinator Week, June 16-22, it's a good idea to pay tribute to the apple.
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Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) spreads its wings on a purple coneflower(Echinacea purpurea) (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Colors of Pollinator Week

June 19, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
As we near the end of celebrating National Pollinator Week, June 16-22, look around and see all the insects foraging on reddish-orange flowers. And occasionally, you might see a reddish-orange insect like the showy Gulf Fritillary butterfly.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Bird Habitat Program Continues and Expands

June 19, 2014
By Luis Espino
Author: Paul Spraycar, The Nature Conservancy BirdReturns is a new program from the Nature Conservancy (TNC), organized in cooperation with the California Rice Commission BirdReturns compensates growers to provide shorebird habitat manage your straw and maintain at least 2 of water for 2-8 weeks in...
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Midseason Nitrogen Fertilizer

June 19, 2014
By Randall G Mutters
The milestone signaling the beginning of the reproductive stage is panicle initiation (PI). At this moment, the cells at the shoot apex, which is just above soil, start transforming into the panicle; however, this primordial panicle is not visible yet.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Links to recent UC weed articles in CAPCA Advisor

June 19, 2014
By Brad Hanson
I thought I'd make a quick post today to share links to several recent articles in the trade publication "CAPCA Advisor". This magazine is targeted towards Pest Control Advisors (CAPCA = California Association of Pest Control Advisors) and is published every two months.
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A female bumble bee, Bombus fervidus, heads for a purple coneflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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A Pollinator with a New Name

June 18, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We're almost midway through National Pollinator Week! It's a week that we should celebrate every day.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

A couple of herbicide legal niceties

June 18, 2014
By Gale Perez
From the Invasive Plants in Southern California blog :: April 11, 2014 A few years ago it became apparent from conversations and emails that the use of Fusilade (fluazifop-P-butyl, manufactured by Syngenta Crop Protection), a herbicide that only kills grasses (Poaceae), was increasing among wildland...
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