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July 10, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Research to help plant growers protect bees and manage pests. A group of scientists from the IR-4 Project is doing research to explore the relationships between bees, environmental horticulture plants, and pesticides.
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Gophers: Updated UC IPM Pest Notes

July 9, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Just published! The recently updated version of the publication Pest Notes: Pocket Gophers has been added to the UC IPM website. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7433.html Updated information about life cycle and control methods.
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Solar energy can be used to protect pollinator habitat, according to a research paper published July 9 in the journal Nature. This is Anthophora urbana, a ground-nesting solitary bee which has a broad distribution including the Mojave Desert. It is a floral generalist collecting pollen and nectar from many species of plants, says UC Davis entomologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz. (Photo by Leslie Saul-Gershenz)
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Pollinator Habitat: Important Part of Solar Energy Study

July 9, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Solar energy should not only be used to benefit global sustainability, but to protect our global ecological systems, including climate, air quality, water and wildlife, says an international team of 16 researchers, including several UC Davis scientists, in a newly published study in the journal Natu...
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New Online Training

July 9, 2019
By Sabrina L Drill
Invasive shot hole borers (ISHB) are a pest and disease complex potentially affecting over 200 tree species, but posing a strong risk to box elders, sycamores, and other riparian and urban trees, as well as being a nuisance pest for avocado.
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Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 07-08-2019

July 9, 2019
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 07-08-2019" ET Report 07-08-2019 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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Almond Rootstock Field Day

July 9, 2019
When: July 17, 2019, 9:00-10:00 a.m. Where: 10061 Vineyard Avenue, Westley, CA What: Walk through an 8th leaf orchard featuring Nonpareil on 16 rootstocks grown under "typical" West Side farming conditions: heavy, high pH, clay-loam soil irrigated with water sometimes high in chloride and boron.
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