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Pubescence: soft down or fine short hairs on the leaves and stems of plants. Many plants have pubescence designed to provide a tiny bit of shade to reduce the temperature of the leaves and stems and protect the leaves from losing too much water from transpiration.
No doubt you've seen the images. Long, sometimes miles-long, lines of people waiting at food banks and food pantries. As the pandemic continues and unemployment rates continue to rise, (18.3% in San Joaquin County as of April 2020, up from 5.
A national action dialogue on community-based programming in the digital networked COVID-19 age will be hosted by eXtension. March 26 & April 1, 2020 12 noon - 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time Available to all Cooperative Extension professionals Register at https://bit.