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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Make More Avocado Fruit

August 8, 2018
By Ben A Faber
At a recent grower meeting at South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine, Carol Lovatt gave a talk on the use of gibberellic acid to increase avocado fruit set and yield. The registration for the use only occurred this spring, barely in time for growers to use it, so not many applied it.
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Gerado reads the Hungry Little Catepiller to a class at Slater Elementary.

Intern Reflection Series: Gerardo Lozano

August 8, 2018
Fresno and Madera Counties' UC CalFresh Nutrition Education Program has a long-standing partnership with the Fresno State Dietetic Internship Program. This blog post is part of our Intern Reflections Series.
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"Bee Crossing" signs are favorites in pollinator gardens, not for the bees, but for the humans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bee-Hold, The Eye of the Bee-Holder

August 7, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bee-hold, the eye of a bee-holder. When you have a "Bee Crossing" sign in your pollinator garden, odds are that bees will cross right in front of that sign. And it's not always a honey bee.
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Southern blight infected lima bean root (left); small tan sclerotia that are diagnostic of the southern blight fungal pathogen (yellow arrow).
UC Dry Bean Blog: Article

Southern Blight in Lima Beans

August 7, 2018
By Rachael Long
A baby lima bean field in the Sacramento Valley was recently found to be infected with southern blight (Sclerotium rolfsii), a fungal pathogen that's found in many crops. The field was double-cropped with barley and planted late June.
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Rabbit fern leaf
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Two of the Footed Ferns

August 7, 2018
Among my fern collection are two with feet. Both are epiphytic meaning they retrieve nutrients and moisture from the air. In their native habitat, these feet (or rhizomes) wrap around and cling to tree trunks.
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UC Small Grains Blog: Article

Preliminary yield results from fall-planted 2017-18 variety trials

August 7, 2018
By Brian H Marsh, Steven D Wright, Mark E Lundy, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles, Sarah E Light, Nicholas E Clark
Preliminary grain yield results for our fall-planted common wheat, triticale, durum wheat and barley trials are now available on the UC Small Grains Research and Information Center website: http://smallgrains.ucanr.
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Maor Matzrafi
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Weed control under a changing climate

August 7, 2018
By Gale Perez
Maor Matzrafi is a post-doctoral researcher with Marie Jasieniuk's lab at UC Davis.
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Vol 74 Pest Manage Sci
Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Pest Management Science issue dedicated solely to articles about glyphosate

August 7, 2018
Glyphosate was commercialized in 1974. Since then, it has become one of the most widely used and studied herbicides. According to Duke (2018b), almost 20,000 scientific publications and patents have included glyphosate as a focus; only 2,4-D surpasses it with respect to citations.
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Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County: Article

August 2018 Field Notes Newsletter

August 7, 2018
In this Issue: Welcome our New Advisor Nutria: The Triple Threat to California's Future Understanding the Overwintering Biology of the Husk Fly Cover Cropping Trial in the Delta Warm Season Cover Crops Field Day California Sorghum Silage: Nutrient Composition and Fermentation Characteristics Pest Ma...
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