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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

A new pathway for weed science at UC Davis

February 19, 2014
By Steven A Fennimore
The weed science program at UC Davis has a long and storied history which set the program on its course to develop practical weed management options for growers. Much of the progress has been built on use of herbicides to control weeds in the wide diversity of California crops.
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Bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey (kneeling at right) at one of her queen bee-rearing classes at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Susan Cobey: Queen Rearing and Instrumental Insemination

February 18, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We know when spring approaches by the number of information requests we receive for bee breeder-geneticist Susan Cobey's popular queen bee-rearing and instrumental insemination classes. Cobey, former manager of the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Passion Fruit

February 18, 2014
By Ben A Faber
Passion fruit is widely grown and valued throughout the tropics and subtropics. Most Passifloras are vines which can climb to 20 or 30 feet. The fruit varies in color from purple to yellow-orange and in shape from an egg to a tennis ball.
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A young honey bee foraging on a cherry blossom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

About That Cherry Tree...

February 17, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Did he do it? Probably not. Did he admit it? No, if he didn't do it. Historians agree that the infamous story about George Washington cutting down his father's favorite cherry tree and then admitting it ("I cannot tell a lie") is probably just that--a story. A myth. Didn't happen.
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star fruit
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Star Fruit

February 17, 2014
By Ben A Faber
The star fruit, or carambola, is a member of the oxalis family. Only one other species is commonly cultivated for its fruit, the less esteemed, more frost sensitive Averrhoa bilimbi.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Preemergence herbicides for olive orchard weed control

February 17, 2014
By Brad Hanson
Compared to some other tree crops, California olives have relatively few registered preemergence herbicide options. However, several recent label changes have increased these options and a few new herbicides are currently being tested and may be registered in the relatively near future.
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IGIS: Article

Berkeley Food Institute's new grants announced

February 15, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
The new Berkeley Food Institute has released its crop of funded projects from its first seed grant program. Our project Making the Road by Mapping: Informing Food System Transformation through Participatory Mapmaking was selected for seed funding.
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IGIS: Article

Happy Valentine's Day Landsat 8!

February 15, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
It's meta-gorgeous, and better than spy vs spy: Landsat 8 catches a glimpse of its older, retired uncle Landsat 5. From NASA: Feb 14, 2014 Eight months ago, on June 5, 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey decommissioned the venerable Landsat 5 satellite.
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Ladybugs (lady beetles) "keeping busy" on brittlebush. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 14, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Happy Valentine's Day! While everyone else hands out little pink candy conversation hearts proclaiming "Bee Mine," "Miss You," "Call Me," "Kiss Me," and "I Love You," insect enthusiasts post photos of bugs "keeping busy.
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