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Citrus Has an Immune Response to HLB

March 11, 2022
By Ben A Faber
LAKE ALFRED, Fla. Sometimes in science, a new perspective brings an a ha! moment. That's what one senior researcher at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences believes happened with his latest research on Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening.
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Soil health in California cotton fields explored in video series

March 10, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Over a century of growing cotton in California, scientists and farmers have learned how to better manage soil health. To share their collective knowledge, they have produced a series of videos about cultivating better soil health in cotton fields.
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UC Davis Entomologists Honored in PBESA Award Competitions

March 9, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Breaking news: UC Davis entomologists won three of the 12 student and professional awards given by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America. The award-winning trio: Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo received the Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology Award.
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The 2022 winners of the PBESA awards
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PBESA Winners Announced

March 9, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Pacific Branch of Entomological Society of America (PBESA) has announced the 12 recipients of its 2022 student and professional awards. The winners will be recognized at PBESA's annual awards luncheon, set April 12 in Santa Rosa.
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Getting into the Weeds of Citrus HLB

March 9, 2022
By Ben A Faber
New Candidatus Liberibacter' Pathosystems Focus Issue from APS (American Phytopathological Society) Read the great review of the bacteria that causes Citrus Huanglongbing and then the abstracts of the articles in this edition of Phytopathology.
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Insect enthusiast James Heydon (front) and scientist Ben Maples (back), a UC Davis entomology graduate who works at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, show insects at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Sunday, March 6 during the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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'A' Is for Arthropods, 'B' Is for Biodiversity Museum Day

March 8, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you attended the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day last Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Room or took a side trip to the Bohart Museum of Entomology, you may have gone home humming "A" is for arthropods. Or "B" is for Biodiversity Museum Day.
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Medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, shown with his book of macro images, is the winner of the Medical, Urban and Veterinary Entomology Award from the the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America.
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Medical Entomologist-Geneticist Geoffrey Attardo: Recipient of Major PBESA Award

March 8, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo, a global expert on vectorborne diseases, and renowned for his groundbreaking work on tsetse flies, is the 2022 recipient of the Medical, Urban, and Veterinary Entomology Award from the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America.
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