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Because Nature Isn't Perfect

April 20, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Nature isn't perfect, but neither are we! Today we watched a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) laying eggs on her host plant, the passionflower vine (Passiflora) and another Gulf Fritillary nectaring on the nearby Jupiter's Beard (Centranthus ruber). Ms.
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One Symptom, Many Causes

April 20, 2016
By Ben A Faber
We are creatures of habit and when we see the effects of a treatment, we can often persist in seeing the same or similar symptoms and assuming the cause is the same. In a recent case, a newly planted Pixie' orchard, planted in August had gone into an old Valencia' ground.
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Wall-E was right

April 20, 2016
By Maggi Kelly
Used in my MDP lecture today, and so posting so I can find it easily later! http://apps.agi.com/SatelliteViewer/ Great web app for viewing current satellite orbits. More detailed info here: http://qz.
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What You Should Know About the Zika Virus

April 18, 2016
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The (Zika) virus is here, and so is the mosquito. The question is whether there will be enough of both to set off an epidemic. That's what UC San Francisco medical student Joshua Lang wrote in his piece, With Summer Coming, Can the Zika Virus Be Contained?, published April 14 in The New Yorker.
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NASA Just Opened Up Access To 2.95 Million Images Of Earth

April 18, 2016
By Shane T Feirer
For those who work with remotely sensed data of is you like looking at images from space NASA has just game you many images to look at. NASA just released almost 3 million images of the earth taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer Sensor aka (ASTER).
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An Ecology of Farming or Unintended Consequences

April 18, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Problem: There was a Valencia farmer in Ojai, farming on a rocky loam. More rocky than loam, on a 10 % slope, where he had been spraying the weeds down, the soil had gradually washed away and all he had left was scattered cobbles.
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Bean seeds rotting from Pythium rot infestation.
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Soil Temperatures for Planting Blackeye and Large Lima Beans

April 18, 2016
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
A grower recently called to ask about the minimum soil temperature for planting blackeye and large lima beans. The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources has produced production manuals for both blackeyes and limas.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Canal weed control with flumioxazin

April 18, 2016
By Guy Kyser
Solano Irrigation District (SID) delivers water to 37,000 acres of farmland through an extensive network oflined canals, pipelines, and unlined irrigation and drainage canals. The unlined canals are typically drained at the end of the water delivery season in October and remain dry until spring.
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