Agriculture

AUGUST 25, 2021 7:30AM-12PM The annual Rice Field Day will be Wednesday, August 25, 2021, at the Rice Experiment Station (RES), Biggs, California. We cordially invite you and your associates to join us for this event.

If you're a honey bee geneticist and you're asked to highlight your three-decade scientific career, how do you start? Societies to genes? And how do you get from there to here? Noted honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr.

Noted honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., a UC Davis and Arizona State University emeritus professor and administrator, has authored a newly published, invited article in the journal Genetics on Societies to Genes: Can We Get There from Here? that highlights his three-decade scientific career.

Manipulating the Avocado & its Environment for Optimum Temperature & Light California Avocado Society, California Avocado Commission & UC Cooperative Extension AVOCADO GROWER WEBINAR Tuesday, Aug. 17 9-11 a.m. Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.

** HLB Update ** for San Diego County Citrus Growers and Affiliates The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have confirmed the first detection of Huanglongbing (HLB) in San Diego County.

Honey bees, mosquitoes, cabbage butterflies, fruit flies and more... You'll hear about a variety of insects when the international symposium, Insect Olfaction and Taste in 24 Hours Around the Globe, takes place beginning at 9 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), Wednesday, Aug. 11.

Common chickweed (Stellaria media) (Figure 1) is a winter annual found throughout California and considered to be one of the most common broadleaf weeds infesting cereal crops (also referred as small grains) in the state (Wilen 2006).

Common chickweed (Stellaria media) (Figure 1) is a winter annual found throughout California and considered to be one of the most common broadleaf weeds infesting cereal crops (also referred as small grains) in the state (Wilen 2006).

Thinking about the weather and what others are thinking about it. Here's some websites that have caught my eye. Check them out, starting with the Alerts. Alerts https://www.readyventuracounty.org/vc-alert/ https://twitter.com/NWSLosAngeles https://www.readyventuracounty.

Born in Lubbock, Texas, raised in the south San Francisco area, and schooled in insects. That was just the beginning of what would unfold into an outstanding entomological career.