Agriculture

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Weeds bordering avocado orchard
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New class of herbicides?

September 13, 2018
By Ben A Faber
From the Topics in Subtropics blog A garden can be a competitive environment. Plants and unseen microorganisms in the soil all need precious space to grow. And to gain that space, a microbe might produce and use chemicals that kill its plant competitors.
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Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, serves dessert at Robbin Thorp's birthday celebration while the distinguished emeritus professor reads the birthday wishes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A B-Day Celebration for Robbin Thorp at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

September 11, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was "b-day" today at The Bohart Museum of Entomology in honor of longtime Bohart associate Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis. Bohart associates sang "Happy Birthday" and cheered when he blew out a candle on the dessert plate.
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Translocation of glyphosate
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Will climate change affect the sensitivity of weeds to herbicides?

September 10, 2018
By Gale Perez
Herbicides are the main means of controlling weeds. Recently, there has been increasing concern over the potential impacts of climate change, specifically, increasing temperatures and elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, on the sensitivity of weeds to herbicides.
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A female praying mantis, Mantis religiosa (as identified by praying mantis expert and UC Davis student Lohit Garikipati) is camouflaged in the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden, Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Once Upon a Praying Mantis...

September 6, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The three men pause in front of the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden at the Sonoma Cornerstone and begin to read the sign. "The Pollinator Garden by Kate Frey," one man reads out loud. "It's brand new, come back soon and watch as it grows. This flower-filled and colorful garden is a pollinator garden.
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Chuck Ingels, left, presented a workshop on espalier training for fruit trees at Fair Oaks Horticulture Center in May 2018. Photo by Pam Bone
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Chuck Ingels

August 31, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Chuck Ingels, longtime UCCE advisor in Sacramento County, lost his battle with cancer Aug. 12. Ingels joined ANR in 1989 as a tree and vine information analyst for the statewide Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program in Davis.
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