Posts Tagged: cucumber
Spotted Cucumber Beetles: They Know How to Hit the Spot
Western spotted cucumber beetles know how to hit the spot. Make that "multiple...
Wide angle shot of a western spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata, chewing a hole in a petal of a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a western spotted cucumber beetle chewing a hole in a Mexican sunflower. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The end result: a Mexican sunflower you wouldn't want to enter in a county fair. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a western spotted cucumber beetle. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Amazing and Versatile Cucumber
When asked about my favorite spring/summer veggie the answer was easy – cucumbers. This...
Chemical Ecologist to Speak at UC Davis on 'The Smells of Dinner, Death, and Danger'
The title is intriguing: "The Smells of Dinner, Death, and Danger: How Organisms...
Nymphs of the squash bug, Anasa tristis, an insect that chemical ecologist Anjel Helms studies. (Photo courtesy of Anjel Helms)
A spotted cucumber beetle, Acalymma vittatum, an insect that chemical ecologist Anjel Helms studies. (Photo courtesy of Anjel Helms)
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Cucumbers!
By Denise Seghesio Levine, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Last year my husband...
Cucumber pickles (thehealthyfoodie.com)
Cucumbers growing--that's a lot! (healthspiritbody.com)
Parisian pickling (seedsaver.org)
Gherkin size (chantal-garnier-unsplash.jpg)
Edmonson cuke (seedsavers.org)
Armenian cuke (seedcorner.com)
Lemon cuke (seedsavers.org)
Cucumber growing on trellis (linniew.wordpress.com)
Bushy cucumber (mygardeninsider.com)
Straight 8 cuke (jdheirloomseed.weebly.com)
Cucumber seedlings (realfoodfamily.com)
Cucumber juice (nathan-dumlao-unsplash.jpg)
Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla: Targeting Cucumber Beetles on Melons
The Beatles rocked the music world, drawing millions of fans. Other beetles--cucumber...
Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla targets the Western striped cucumber beetle, Acalymma trivittatum. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)
UC Davis graduate student Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla also targets the Western spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata--a milder pest but still a pest of melons. (Photo by Jasmin Ramirez Bonilla)