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SI Brief: Want video in your toolkit?

February 26, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Strategic Initiatives (SIs), Strategic Communication (Strat Comm) and the Communications Advisory Board (CAB) are teaming up to help UC ANR own YouTube (Yep - that's the big goal - at least for our educational content areas). How can you get involved? 1. Decide.
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A six-foot-long worker bee, the work of self-described "rock artist" Donna Billick of Davis, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bee-ing There at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 26, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven drew scores of families at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, a science-based day always held the Saturday of Presidents' Day weekend.
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Rosettes and flowers of broadleaf plantain, Plantago major.<br>(Credit: K Windbiel-Rojas)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Plantain weeds Pest Notes updated

February 26, 2020
Plantains are common weeds in lawns, athletic fields, ornamental plantings, roadsides, and pastures. Two species, broadleaf and buckhorn plantains (Plantago major and P. lanceolate) are commonly found throughout California year-round.
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A thorny rose stem beginning to send out new growth below a recent pruning cut.
The Backyard Gardener: Article

Response to Pruning

February 26, 2020
By Dustin W Blakey
On Presidents' Day my daughter pruned the roses at our house. I was looking at them this morning and the buds have clearly started to grow out. What caught my eye, however, was how the buds began to grow in response to the pruning. I thought it was a good illustration on how plants respond to cuts.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

New Paraquat Restrictions

February 26, 2020
By Ben A Faber
As the 2020 growing season approaches, California growers, PCAs and handlers will have new regulations to take into consideration. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced new requirements for handling paraquat (paraquat dichloride).
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Martin Hauser, senior insect biosystematist with the Plant Pest Daignostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, shows Madagascar hissing cockroaches to visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Good Day to Learn About Science

February 25, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They came, they saw, they learned. And in some cases, they conquered--they conquered their fear or avoidance of insects.
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