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Hover fly, Eristalis hirta, on zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Lovin' the Zinnias

November 5, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Orange zinnias not only brighten our autumn days but glorify our gardens. And when there's a bug on the zinnias, all the better.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Saving glyphosate

November 5, 2013
By Franz J Niederholzer, John A Roncoroni
Saving Glyphosate Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is the most commonly used herbicide in California. Highly effective, safe for the user and the environment, and now inexpensive, glyphosate is a valuable weed management tool.
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This photo of a bee foraging on a zinnia, taken in the Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, graces the front and back covers of "Bee Friendly: A Planting Guide for European Honeybees and Australia Native Pollinators." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

All the Way from Down Under

November 4, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
One of the most prominent and distant--as in far away--visitors to the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, the half-acre bee friendly garden on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, was Mark Leech of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Medusahead and Milestone work continues

November 4, 2013
By Guy Kyser
After making a bunch of extension presentations, and following our 2012 publication of Preemergent control of medusahead on California annual rangelands with aminopyralid (Rangeland Ecology & Management 65:418-425), Ive talked with quite a few ranchers who have successfully used Milestone preemergen...
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broad mite on fruit
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Predatory Mites Controlling Citrus Broad Mite

November 4, 2013
By Ben A Faber
We have recently had an outbreak of citrus broad mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus) in lemons. Broad mites feed on fruit and leaves, preferring young fruit up to about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter that are located on the inside of the canopy or on the inward facing side of outer fruit.
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November/December 2013 Cloverlines

November 2, 2013
In this issue... Equine Play Day, Science Night, Beverage Guidelines, Anna's Reading Room at Ormond Pointe, Food Faire & Fashion Revue, new section... It's that time of year! and much more.
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Skull shares the habitat of the giant cave cockroah (Blaberus gigante). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Things That Go Bump and Boo in the Night

November 1, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was about things that go bump and boo in the night during the annual Bohart Museum Society's Halloween party. The society's annual Halloween party in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis, showcased a combination of insects and costumes.
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