Test PB Collection: FTE

General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.

General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development.

In the job listing for my position, weed identification and management were never explicitly mentioned. Natural resource efforts in the listing only mentioned water, forage, soils and the wide array of issues relating to rangeland ecosystem services.

My journey to UC CalFresh was quite interesting. It started with two employees recruiting volunteers for the MEET program in my health class at Fresno State. I recall contemplating the idea of volunteering since I was going to have school commitments happening around the same time.

Occasionally plants show up in our office for identification and no one in the office knows what it is. So it's sent off to to others who might know. This was the case of a perennial amaranth, also called goosefoot for some reason. The is Chenopodium californicum, also know as Blitum californicum.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Central Area Presentation Day on April 7th! In order to compete at this event they had to achieve a gold medal at County Presentation Day on February 3rd, and those that medaled at the area level will be eligible to enter the State Presentation Day...

The State Record Book competition is focused on selecting senior (ages 14-19) 4-H members who have demonstrated a well-rounded 4-H experience. Books are judged against standard criteria.

Think spring. Think ceanothus. Think salvia. Think pollinators. Despite the rain forecast, the open house and plant sale at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven at the University of California, Davis, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, April 7.

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DAVIS--Aerosmith sang about Livin' on the Edge, but many species of insects show a definite preference for living on the edges of fields and orchards, and this phenomenon can lead to more accurate monitoring and better pest management tactics, according to a UC Davis student's review published in th...