Test PB Collection: FTE

Insects populate the earth and they're also populating the 140th annual Dixon May Fair (May7-10). Sharon Payne, superintendent of the Youth Building in Denverton Hall, noticed quite a few insects in the building--but in photographs.

"All the buzz" in England is the birth of a new member of the royal family, Her Royal Highness Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge. Born last Saturday in London, she will be known as Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, officials at Kensington Palace announced.

Visualization of UCANR Staff / Academics Have you ever wanted to locate staff and/or academics within UCANR? I know that I have. Within the last year, IGIS worked to create an interactive map that displays staff and/or academics by their spatial location around the state of California.

"Ah, look at that cute little yellow ladybug! Isn't it pretty?" How many times have you heard that? Often it is not the beneficial lady beetle--commonly referred to as a ladybug--but that dratted pest, the spotted cucumber beetle.

Don't Forget! 2015 Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day Wednesday, May 6, 2015 6537 Green Bay Rd, Arbuckle 8:30 am - 12:15 pm Lunch by Reservation Available!...

Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer can go to over 100 and counting hosts, but the Fusarium that the ambrosia beetle carries can not reproduce on all tree species. It is this fungus that ultimately kills the tree.

The first day of May calls for a little color. And the blanket flower (Gaillardia) fills the bill. Native to North and South America, it's a member of the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Its delightful yellow and red flowers remind us of the Native American Indian blankets.

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One point I always make is that the sooner you control annual weeds, the better. This reduces crop-weed competition, along with a host of other issues caused by weeds (we'll save that for another blog). But the real key to forward-looking weed management is to kill the weed before it produces seeds.

Carl Bell Emeritus, University of California, San Diego, CA carl@socalinvasives.com The intentional manipulation of wild plants to become desirable crops was the beginning of agriculture some 10,000 years ago.