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Citrus IPM News: Article

Stepping in as citrus IPM Advisor

November 19, 2021
By Sandipa Gautam
As of July 2021, I joined the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources as a Cooperative Extension Area Citrus IPM Advisor at Lindcove Research and Extension Center. I am very excited in my new role and for the opportunity to serve San Joaquin Valley that grows 75% California citrus.
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More than 60 percent of our world's population will live in cities in the next decades, ecologist Monika Egerer says in her abstract. This is an illustration from her upcoming seminar.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Ecologist Monika Egerer to Discuss Urban Garden Management

November 19, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ecologist Monika Egerer, an assistant professor at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany who focuses much of her research on urban agricultural ecosystems, will discuss "Entomological Investigations in Urban Gardens" at a virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Ne...
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proper protection
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Curso En Línea De UC IPM Sobre Equipo De Protección Personal

November 19, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Vstase Bien Para El Trabajo: Consulte El Nuevo Curso En Lnea De UC IPM Sobre Equipo De Proteccin Personal Autors: Cheryl Reynolds y Petr Kosina Si manipulas pesticidas como parte de tu trabajo, lo ms probable es que usas algn tipo de equipo de proteccin personal (PPE).
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A cluster of monarchs overwintering in an 80-foot-high eucalyptus tree at the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, on Nov. 14, 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Monarch Population May Be 'Fluttering Back'

November 18, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Let the count begin! Researchers and volunteers in a three-week project headed by the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation are now counting the Western monarch population at overwintering sites along the California coast. It all began Saturday.
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The Bohart Museum of Entomology surpassed its goal of $5000 and gratefully received $6000. (Screen shot)
Bug Squad: Article

Why Folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology Are Smiling--And So Very Grateful

November 17, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If the folks at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis are smiling even more than usual, that's because their UC Davis CrowdFund project resulted in 120 percent funded! In a month-long campaign, they were seeking $5000 by Oct. 31 and donors generously provided them with a total of $6000.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Taste the Citrus

November 16, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Friday, Dec 10, is for Growers. Saturday, Dec 11, is for everyone who loves citrus and wants to taste the differences.
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UC Davis doctoral student Danielle Rutkowski--framed--as the winner of a President's Prize at the Entomological Society of America meeting. (Photo by Entomological Society of America/Photography G)
Bug Squad: Article

They Were Framed...Picture Perfect!

November 15, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When the Entomological Society of America honored its President's Prize winners at its recent meeting in Denver, it did so "picture perfect." At the awards podium, each winning graduate student held up an empty frame lettered with "Student Competition Winner." And filled the frame.
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