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Planting garbanzos for a research trial at UC West Side REC in the San Joaquin Valley, 2020
UC Dry Bean Blog: Article

Garbanzo Research Update in California

January 30, 2020
By Rachael Long
With generous donations from seed companies and support from the California Dry Bean Advisory Board, we're working on two research projects in garbanzo beans this year. One is focusing on the herbicide Tough 5EC (pyridate) for broadleaf weed control in established garbanzo stands.
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weeds of california
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Weed ID in Your Hands

January 30, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Who says you can't know all those wild things growing in the field you didn't put there? Here's a chance to learn what they are for cheap. UC Publications is having a book sale and they are a deal until February 14.
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This is the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans, that Geoffrey Attardo researches in his UC Davis lab. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)
Bug Squad: Article

Geoffrey Attardo's Tiny Subjects Drawing Large-Scale Attention

January 29, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis medical entomologist-geneticist Geoffrey Attardo's tiny research subjects in Tupper Hall are receiving widespread attention on a very large scale. In less than 48 hours, nearly 500,000 people have seen thembut not in his restricted-access lab.
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Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

2020 California Plant and Soil Conference Feb 4-5

January 29, 2020
By Michael D Cahn
The California Plant and Soil Conference will be held in Fresno CA at the DoubleTree Hotel and Convention Center on February 4-5, 2020. This is a very comprehensive conference with talks from speakers invited from industry, government agencies, and universities.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

52 Weeks of Livestock Guardian Dogs: A New Social Media Project

January 29, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
Several years ago, I started a social media project I called Sheep 365. Every day for a full year, I posted a photo of something we were doing in our sheep operation. At first, I thought it would simply be a fun way to share my shepherding year with friends and family.
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This is one of the trapdoor spiders, Aptostichus sp., that Jason Bond is studying. (Image by Jason Bond)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Tracking Down Trapdoor Spiders in California

January 28, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Trapdoor spiders can hide, but not for long. Jason Bond, professor and the Schlinger Chair in Insect Systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has received a 4-year, $1.4 million National Science Foundation grant to study trapdoor spiders in the California Floristic Province.
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soil healthy symposioum
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Healthy Soil Symposium

January 27, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Come and hear some new ideas to improve soils in Ventura County. Register Here: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=29019 For more information: ceventura.ucanr.
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