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HollyOber. UC Riverside News, holly.ober@ucr.edu https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2020/11/19/robot-tells-growers-when-water-crops-way Every backyard gardener knows how hard it can be to tell when to water the plants.
It's time to revisit the "Thirteen Bugs of Christmas!" Back in 2010, Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen (now emeritus) and yours truly of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology) decided that "The 12 Days of Christmas" ought to be replaced with insects.
California Horticulture Sales Reach $2.63 Billion in 2019 U.S. Horticulture Operations Report $13.8 Billion in Sales Sacramento, CA, Dec. 9, 2020 On Tuesday, December 8, the U.S.
Here in Auburn (on December 17, 2020), we received 0.64" of rain overnight. After a late start to the rainy season (and to germination on our annual rangelands), any rain is welcome at this point.
Plants get bacterial infections, just as humans do. When food crops and trees are infected, their yield and quality can suffer. Although some compounds have been developed to protect plants, few of them work on a wide variety of crops, and bacteria are developing resistance.
Honey bees have nothing on the late Helen Reddy (Oct. 25, 1941-Sept. 29, 2020), an Australian-born singer who roared like a lion: "I am woman, hear me roar." Her hit song, "I Am Woman," released in 1972, became an anthem for the women's liberation/equal rights movement back in the '70s.
"A Virtual Conference to Discuss Real-World Weeds". That's a great tag-line for the California Weed Science Society conference and a sign of the times.
Paul Schattenberg 210-859-5752 paschattenberg@ag.tamu.edu Texas A&M AgriLife researchers have made a discovery that will help combat fastidious pathogens, which cost U.S. agriculture alone billions of dollars annually. Kranthi Mandadi, Ph.D., inspects a grapefruit for citrus greening.
Use of drones (UAV, unmanned aerial vehicle) for aerial application of pesticides in agricultural crops is becoming a reality. Drone technology provides an additional tool for growers to control pests and diseases on farms, supplementing traditional ground and aerial spraying practices.
