Agriculture

In Spanish Expanded from four chapters in the previous edition to 12, the third edition of Pesticide Safety: A Study Manual for Private Applicators aims to be more than just a study guide.

Western flower thrips adult (Photo courtesy: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM) The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is one of the major pests of lettuce in California.

USDA Providing Drought, Wildfire Payments to Livestock Producers The U.

In English Ampliada de cuatro a 12 capitulos, la tercera edicin de Seguridad en el uso de Pesticidas: Un manual de estudio para aplicadores privados pretende ser ms que una simple gua de estudio.

Con el propsito de apoyar a los agricultores y ganaderos de California a adaptarse a la incertidumbre de los fenmenos metereolgicos y climticos, el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos otorg 1.

It sucks sap, it secretes honeydew, and it draws ants. And curious photographers. Last weekend we spotted cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi, infesting the twigs and branches of our Nandina (Nandina domestica), planted 22 years ago.

Z Specialty Food will host a Nature Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, April 2 at The Hive, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland to emphasize the importance of honey, bees, pollination and conservation.

Vaya que el aguacate sigue dando sorpresas! Quizs los consumidores sepan que es una fruta cremosita sabrosa, nutritiva y reconocida por su gran semilla.

If you've recently visited the pollinator gardens at The Hive, a family business owned by Z Specialty Food, 1221 Harter Way, Woodland, you've seen the spectacular Pride of Madeira, Echium candicans. Now another "pride" awaits.

Quick question: "Kleptopharmacophagy, a newly described behavior recently observed in milkweed butterflies, is characterized by adult butterflies feeding on milkweed caterpillars.