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New livestock producers - learning to manage sheep "in all weathers!"
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Cheerful in All Weathers

March 8, 2023
By Daniel K Macon
Raising Livestock on Rangeland is not an Indoor Sport...
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Mycorrhizae: An Underground Support Network for Trees

March 8, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Mycorrhizae means fungus (myco) root (rhizae). These root-associated fungi predate the evolution of terrestrial plants, and the partnership with mycorrhizal fungi facilitated the establishment of plant on earth.
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Professor Louie Yang in his Briggs Hall office, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Congratulations, UC Davis Professor Louie Yang: Outstanding Mentor

March 7, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to community ecologist Louie Yang, an innovative professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, and the 2023 recipient of the Distinction in Student Mentoring Award, sponsored by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA).
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Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. poses with his wife Michelle (right) and Helene Dillard, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at a 2022 ceremony honoring him as the recipient of the CA&ES Distinguished Emeritus Award. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page Knows How to Answer This Question

March 6, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you ask honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. what his favorite honey is, he'll point to his wife, Michelle. She--and any others near them--will smile every time! Fact is, Rob Page is our favorite honey bee geneticist, and he was just named the recipient of the 2023 C. W.
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Rosenberg and Humiston share a laugh while standing outdoors.
ANR News Releases: Article

UC ANR statements on Richard Rosenberg’s death

March 6, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Richard Rosenberg, former chairman and CEO of the Bank of America, died Friday, March 3. He was 92. When Rosenberg retired from BofA in 1996, the bank honored him by endowing the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Who Won the 2023 PBESA Awards?

March 6, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Who won the 2023 awards sponsored by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA)? Of the 14 awards, UC Riverside scored four; UC Davis, three; Washington State University, two; University of Arizona, two; Arizona State University, one; and USDA-ARS, two.
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Professor Louie Yang in his office in Briggs Hall, UC Davis campus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Louie Yang: PBESA's Distinction in Student Mentoring Award

March 6, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Community ecologist Louie Yang, an innovative professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the 2023 recipient of the Distinction in Student Mentoring Award, sponsored by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA).
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Fire Ants Come to CA Avocado

March 6, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta, has been reported as a pest in Florida where the fire ants girdle young citrus trees (Diepenbrock) https://crec.ifas.ufl.edu/media/crecifasufledu/extension/extension-publications/2021/2021_jan_fireant.
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