Ongoing research

Chris saw it first. This morning Chris Mussen of Davis contacted his father, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, and told him that the photo of him being stung by a honey bee made the Sacramento Bee's list of top 15 2012 stories.

Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantines Decline of Oranges and Mandarins Mitigation of Alternate Bearing in Olive Alternate Bearing in Mandarin...

Following up on my post last week about T&V herbicide changes, today I want to focus on hot-off-the-presses information about Alion (active ingredient = indaziflam) manufactured by Bayer CropScience.

Mick Canevari, Emeritus Farm Advisor and Brent Holtz, Farm Advisor, County Director Weeds have a tremendous capacity to spread within an orchard. The first line of defense is identifying the weeds you need to control, and selecting the best herbicides or cultural practices to control those weeds.

It's going to be a busy year for UC Davis integrated pest management specialist/professor Frank Zalom. Make that several years.

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Below is a link to the Nov. 2012 UCCE San Joaquin County newsletter Field Notes. Page 8 has an article by Mick Canevari (Emeritus Farm Advisor) and Brent Holtz (Farm Advisor, County Director) on dormant weed control in tree nut crops. http://cesanjoaquin.ucanr.

For more than a week, tarps protected the art from the elements. The artists would work on the installation daily, then stop and cover the art, resuming only when weather permitted.

If you like bugs and live in Northern California, you're in luck. The newly formed California Bug Club has scheduled its first meeting for 6 p.m., Satuday, Jan. 12 in the Elk Grove Library's meeting room, 8900 Elk Grove Blvd.

Marestail (Conyza canadensis; aka horseweed) and hairy fleabane (C. bonariensis; aka flax leaf fleabane) are serious weed problems in vineyards in Monterey County.