Test PB Collection: FTE

A crop consultant brought in some alfalfa plants and asked if I could help identify the problem. In the field, he was observing stunted plants with shortened internodes and suspected stem nematode (Ditylenchus dipsaci).

Three San Joaquin Valley CASI farmers, - Jesse Sanchez of Sano Farms in Firebaugh, Tom Willey of T & D Willey Farms in Madera and Michael Crowell of Bar-Vee Dairy in Turlock, - graciously hosted Gisele Herren, a soil biology PhD researcher from Ghent University in Belgium at their farms on Tuesday,...

It's a predatory world out there. Newly emerged Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis vanillae) are fluttering around the yard--nectaring on lantana, finding mates, mating, and trying to avoid predators. The females are laying tiny yellow eggs on their host plant (Passiflora).

The next time you see a yellow-faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) packing pollen, check out the color.

Weed Day 2016 comes to UC Davis July 7 You can read about the latest weed-science research being conducted at UC Davis, but nothing beats seeing it for yourself.

2015 CT Farmer Innovator Award Recipient Charlie Rominger Recognition Ceremony December 2, 2015 Video available at YouTube The story about Charlie Rominger is posted in a blog article below.

http://ucanr.edu/blogs/confluence/ Water woes are probably not going to go away, so readup on how to best manage water at this new blog.

Brad is a Weed Specialist at UC Davis As most orchardists and pest control advisors are well aware, glyphosate-resistant weeds have been one of the biggest weed management challenges in California orchard crops for several years.

Last week we held another bootcamp on Spatial Data Science. We had three packed days learning about the concepts, tools and workflow associated with spatial databases, analysis and visualizations.

She researches fruit flies but she'll be discussing "The Concealed Beauty of Plant Architecture.