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Rain and Mud in the Orchard

January 27, 2023
By Ben A Faber
What Can Happen With Too Much Rain? And Mud? Rain is wonderful stuff. If it comes and washes the accumulated salts of the last several years out of the root zones of citrus and avocado, that's a good thing.
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USDA forest research entomologist Chris Fettig will discuss bark beetle damage (shown) when he delivers a UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 1. (Photo courtesy of Chris Fettig)
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Chris Fettig: How Bark Beetles Are Transforming Forests with a Little Help from Climate Change

January 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
USDA forest research entomologist Chris Fettig of the USDA's Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, will speak on "Bark Beetles: How Tiny Insects Are Transforming Western Forests with a Little Help From Climate Change" at a seminar sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematolog...
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A bristlecone pine tree attacked by bark beetles. (Photo courtesy of Justin Runyon)
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USDA Research Entomologist to Give Seminar on Bark Beetles vs. Bristlecone Pines

January 26, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
USDA Forest Service research entomologist Justin Runyon of the Rocky Mountain Research Station, Montana, will present a special UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology in-person and virtual seminar on "Secrets of a Long Life: Chemical Defense of Bark Beetles by Bristlecone Pines" on Tuesday...
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Deciduous Fruit Tree Production Course

January 23, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Planning and Planting the Small Orchard Block February 23-26, 2023 Course Overview This new short course will offer a wealth of information from orchard expert, Orin Martin, long-time manager of the Alan Chadwick Garden and instructor at the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology.
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