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CAS Seminar 2-15

Avocado Meeting Soon

February 6, 2024
By Ben A Faber
February 15 (10 - 12 AM) Topics and Speakers Avocado Thrips Biology and Control Speakers to be announced soon Introduction to Avocado Thrips By Hamutahl Cohen, PH.D. Entomology Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension PCA Panel on Thrips Management Under Different Weather Scenarios Moderator Dr.
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Sarah Marsh, UC Cooperative Extension Rice Farming Systems Advisor serving Colusa and Yolo counties
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Meet our New Rice Farming Systems Advisor, Sarah Marsh

February 5, 2024
By Sarah Marsh Janish
My name is Sarah Marsh, and I am excited to join UC Cooperative Extension as the new Rice Farming Systems Advisor serving Colusa and Yolo counties. I will be based out of Colusa at the Colusa UCCE office.
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avocado root rot

Avocado Root Rot Survey

February 2, 2024
By Ben A Faber
LAUREL WILT AND PHYTOPHTHORA ROOT ROT SURVEY BACKGROUND Despite the importance of laurel wilt (LW) and Phytophthora root rot (PRR) in avocado producing states, and the research conducted to date, there are still major gaps in our knowledge.
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These are two of the crocheted triceratops crafted by UC Davis animal biology major Jakob Lopez. He will hide them on UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, set Saturday, Feb. 10.
Bug Squad: Article

Find a Dinosaur at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day!

February 2, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Who loves dinosaurs? And who especially loves triceratops, the dinosaur with that three-horned face that lived 66 to 68 million years ago in North America? Measuring about 26 to 30 feet long, it weighed 5.59.9 short tons, according to Wikipedia.
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pest insight

Blow Flies and CEUs?

February 2, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Register now for UC IPM's upcoming Pest Insight webinar! This webinar-style workshop aims to provide applied, scientific, and decision-based pest control information to pest control licensees. CEUs are available.
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Los asistentes a EcoFarm participaron activamente en talleres y conferencias que se ofrecieron durante los tres días del evento.
Nuestra Comunidad: Article

EcoFarm 2024: una plataforma a la diversidad

January 29, 2024
By Diana Cervantes
Emilia Santos se levanta todos los das a las 4:30 de la maana, ella cultiva vegetales en el 1.6 acre de terreno en donde tiene su propia granja Alpha & Omega Organic Farm en Salinas, California.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Fruit Flies

January 29, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Invasive Fruit Fly Quarantine What to know as a SJV citrus grower? Sandipa Gautam Area Citrus IPM Advisor UC Statewide IPM Program Operations Several species of invasive fruit flies that belong to the family Tephritidae are considered serious pests of hundreds of agricultural crops including citrus.
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