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ACP and Natural Enemies

October 3, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Natural enemies have significantly suppressed Asian citrus psyllid populations in southern California Ivan Milosavljevi, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA Christina D. Hoddle, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA David J.W.
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An image of a Jerusalem cricket flashes on the screen as postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, a Ukrainian entomologist who studies flies, answers questions from visitors. He studies at UC Davis and at the California Department of Food and Agriculture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bohart Museum of Entomology: Weird and Wonderful Wasps

September 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Visitors at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, themed "Weird and Wonderful Wasps," learned about wasps and other insects, crafted gall ghosts, and took selfies with Madagascar hissing cockroaches and stick insects. It was the first special event of the fall season.
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Field trials evaluated a prototype PAM applicator in sprinkler irrigated lettuce
Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

New approaches to using polyacrylamide (PAM) to reduce sediment and sediment bound pesticides and nutrients in runoff: Part I--an applicator for treating pressurized irrigation water

September 30, 2022
By Michael D Cahn
As the drought continues on the central coast, growers are trying to utilize water as efficiently as possible to produce their crops. Retaining and reusing sprinkler runoff, also referred to as tail water, can be an important strategy to increasing water conservation.
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Postdoctoral researcher Severyn Korneyev, a Ukrainian entomologist who studies flies, discusses insects with guests. On the screen is a Jerusalem cricket, also known as a potato bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Learning About Wasps and Other Insects

September 30, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
They came to learn about wasps--"The Weird and Wonderful Wasps"--at the recent open house hosted by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology. They learned about such wasps as the Asian giant hornet (aka "murder hornets"), pteromalids, and fig wasps.
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Brown marmoratted stinkbug

A Different Way of Evaluating Invasion

September 30, 2022
By Ben A Faber
A lot of work has been put into monitoring the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Hemitpera: Pentatomidae). It has been a major problem in many areas of the country, as well as California.
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The Bohart Museum's family arts-and-crafts table, featuring how to make gall ghosts, was busy throughout the open house, themed "Weird and Wonderful Wasps." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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At Bohart Museum of Entomology: It Took Gall to Make a Ghost

September 29, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It took gall to make a ghost. Really. When the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis recently hosted an open house on "Weird and Wonderful Wasps," the family arts-and-craft activity was to create a gall ghost.
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At the Bohart Museum of Entomology, Dr. Ismail Seker and his wife, Esin, stand in front of the Turkish flag and a card indicating how to say "insect" in the Turkish language. The Bohart Museum spotlights a global collection of flags, as well as how to say "insect" in many languages. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

How Do You Say 'Insect' in the Turkish Language?

September 28, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
How do you say "insect" in the Turkish language? That's a question posed by the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, on its wall display of global flags and languages. That was an easy question for Dr.
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La sección del estudio sobre mano de obra incluye información sobre el nuevo salario mínimo de California y leyes sobre el pago de horas extras.
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Expertos analizan costo y rendimiento en los cultivos de la fresa orgánica

September 28, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Piensa cultivar fresas orgnicas comercialmente en la Costa Central? Para ayudar a los agricultores a evaluar su viabilidad financiera, la Universidad de California calcul el costo de la produccin y cosecha de la fresa orgnica fresca en los condados de Santa Cruz, San Benito y Monterey.
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