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UC Master Gardener Program Statewide Blog: Article

Vampire plants!

October 28, 2022
By Missy Gable
Just like Dracula, parasitic plants get their nutritional needs met by feeding off other plants. Instead of fangs, these parasitic plants have specialized structures called haustoria that they use to pierce the cells of their host plant and suck out nutrients.
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A Bohart associate for some three decades, Bill Patterson is shown working in the Bohart Museum of Entomology in 2013. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)"
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bill Patterson and Doris Brown Selected 'Friends of the College'

October 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bohart Museum of Entomology associate and longtime butterfly collector Bill Patterson and his wife, Doris Brown, of Sacramento are the 2022 recipients of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences' 'Friends of the College' Award.
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Inside a honey bee colony. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Congrats to Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page!

October 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to UC Davis-trained bee scientist Robert E. Page Jr., recipient of the 2022 Exceptional Emeriti Faculty Award from the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CA&ES).
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Seed blocker. photos by Sheila Clyatt
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Soil Blocking

October 28, 2022
At Liberty High School Greenhouse we have been using a method to start seeds which is worth considering. We purchased two new tools called soil blockers which allow you to cut multiple small squares of soil. The size of the soil blocks you make using the tool is crucial, being 1.5 x 1.5 by 2.
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Acercamiento a un gorgojo del aguacate, una plaga escurridiza que pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo en las profundidades del fruto. Fotografía por Mike Lewis/UC Riverside

En busca del aroma que podría salvar al aguacate

October 27, 2022
By Basilisa M Rawleigh
Investigadores indagan qu feromona podra prevenir a la reproduccin de una plaga Cientficos de UC Riverside estn a la caza de una sustancia qumica que podra interrumpir el apareamiento del malvado gorgojo a fin de evitar que esa plaga acabe con los deliciosos aguacates en California.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

NPI research informing the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health highlighted in Morning Ag Clips

October 27, 2022
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie
Nutrition Policy Institute and affiliated researchers were featured in a Morning Ag Clips article on Oct. 20, 222, Nutrition Policy Institute work underpins historic White House conference. The article introduced the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, which took place on Sept.
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