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Call it a case of royalty plus. UC Davis chemical ecologist Walter Leal, professor and former chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology, has just received a double honor. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and he received a coveted award from his native Brazil.

University of California scientists have for the first time achieved the same yields in cotton and tomato research plots managed under conservation tillage strategies as they did on adjacent plots using conventional tillage practices.

We usually see praying mantids, aka praying mantises, camouflaged in foliage and lying in wait to ambush prey. But have you ever seen them frying flies over a kitchen stove? You will when you take a look at an Oklahoma photographer's work.

Californias Conservation Agriculture Systems Institute (CASI) has prepared its survey of tillage management acreage for 2010.

Most people have never served 38 consecutive years on an executive board that looks out for the health and welfare of two million people. But then again medical entomologist Robert Washino isn't most people.

Presentation Day entry form, Poultry Field Day, Sheep & Goat Educational Days, Rabbit shows and Chico State University Swine Day.

So you're thinking you're putting on a little weight during the holidays. Not to worry. Put it all in perspective by thinking about the larvae of the honey bee.

2012 Annual Rice Grower Meetings Sponsored by UC Cooperative Extension -------------- 4 Locations -------------- WHERE & WHEN Williams: Monday, Jan. 23, 8:30 am, Granzellas Banquet Hall, 457 - 7th Street, Williams Richvale: Monday, Jan. 23, 1:30 pm, Evangelical Church, 5219 Church St.

Herbicide resistance is the inability of an herbicide to control a weed species that it was previously effective against. Weed scientists will often tell growers that a means for managing resistance is to rotate herbicide chemistries such that you are rotating among mechanisms of action.

In recent years, several organic herbicide products have appeared on the market.