Test PB Collection: FTE

In 1997-1998, the big El Nino year in California, yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) (YST) infestations throughout the state were probably the largest that I have seen in my time in California.

Here's something from the Aquatic Plant Management Society blog :: posted Feb. 2017 (Original source: East County Today) DBW Begins Herbicide Treatment in the Delta for Water Hyacinth and Egeria Densa SACRAMENTO, Calif.

Christine Wilkinson reports here on her trip to East Africa as part of her dissertation research. She explored potential field sites, networked with communities and wildlife managers, and brainstormed my dissertation research questions. And took some amazing pics. http://africa.berkeley.

Any day's a good day when you find the ootheca (egg case) of a praying mantis in your yard. It's much better than finding an Easter egg. Ootheca comes from the Greek word "oo," meaning egg and the Latin word, "theca," meaning a cover or container.

In a Fort Pierce, FL, field planting, plant growth, and Huanglongbing (HLB) severity were assessed as indicators of HLB tolerance on progenies of 83 seed-source accessions of Citrus and Citrus relatives mainly from the Riverside, CA, genebank.

Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) (YST) is the most pervasive invasive and noxious weed in California. Previous work showed that YST uses substantially more water than forage annual grasses it typically displaces.

The latest edition of the Lassen Farm Advisor's Update newsletter is out. The Feb.

It's going to be a honey of a festival. Truly. And Amina Harris would love it if you're interested in participating in this event or volunteering.

I've reposted (with permission) Stephen Flanagan's article from The IR-4 Project. Check out the whole issue "Volume 48 No.1 Winter 2017" for several interesting articles from a program that is incredibly important to pest management in specialty crop agriculture.

What are the odds? Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, greeted a visitor on Feb. 14 in his office in the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. This visitor didn't talk, though. She buzzed.