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The Michelmore lab at the University of California, Davis routinely monitors isolates of Bremia lactucae, the pathogen that causes lettuce downy mildew for their ability to overcome disease resistance genes and for insensitivity to fungicides.

Governor Newsom released on January 10 his budget proposal for FY 22/23.

The following information came from the American Lamb Board. Changes in Mandatory Lamb Checkoff Collections at Auction Markets Announced While the American Lamb Checkoff rate is not changing, how the mandatory assessments are collected for animals sold through market agencies is changing.

Myrmecologists Brendon Boudinot, Marek Borowiec and Matthew Prebus, all alumni of the Phil Ward laboratory, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, are drawing rave reviews for their collaborative research, "Phylogeny, Evolution, and Classification of the Ant Genus Lasius, the Tribe Lasiin...

I recently unearthed a bouquet of blue statice that I had hung to dry in the pantry, and it now brightens my bathroom, along with some Moonshine' yarrow and lavender harvested early last summer.

Are you bored with the occasional tomato, pepper and aphid-riddled broccoli crown? Growing vegetables at home from seeds and seedlings from the box stores is easy, but the results can often be disappointing. There is a more rewarding way to grow vegetables that by design only gets better every year.

Congratulations to Fresno County where the eleventh Forever 4-H Endowment will be established! Please reach out to the team and congratulate them on this accomplishment.

Chen named vineyard advisor in Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties Christopher Chen joined UC Cooperative Extension Jan.10 as an integrated vineyard systems advisor for Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake counties. Chen earned a B.S. in agronomy, a B.A. in economics, an M.S.

However, simple sharing and moving of plant material between gardens (and even countries) can unknowingly spread the disease. This is how it started in Southern California.

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