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Vol 74 Pest Manage Sci
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

All About Glyphosate: An Issue of the Journal 'Pest Management Science' Dedicated to the Active Ingredient

August 8, 2018
Glyphosate was commercialized in 1974. Since then, it has become one of the most widely used (and studied) herbicides. According to Duke (2018b), almost 20,000 scientific publications and patents have included glyphosate as a focus; only 2,4-D surpasses it with respect to citations.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

The Value of Stockmansip and a Good Dog (or 2)

August 8, 2018
By Daniel K Macon
Earlier this week, we started to see some signs that some of our feeder and replacement ewe lambs where infected by barber pole worms, a parasitic stomach worm fairly common in sheep that are grazing on irrigated pasture during the summer months.
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"Bee Crossing" signs are favorites in pollinator gardens, not for the bees, but for the humans. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bee-Hold, The Eye of the Bee-Holder

August 7, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Bee-hold, the eye of a bee-holder. When you have a "Bee Crossing" sign in your pollinator garden, odds are that bees will cross right in front of that sign. And it's not always a honey bee.
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Southern blight infected lima bean root (left); small tan sclerotia that are diagnostic of the southern blight fungal pathogen (yellow arrow).
UC Dry Bean Blog: Article

Southern Blight in Lima Beans

August 7, 2018
By Rachael Long
A baby lima bean field in the Sacramento Valley was recently found to be infected with southern blight (Sclerotium rolfsii), a fungal pathogen that's found in many crops. The field was double-cropped with barley and planted late June.
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Vol 74 Pest Manage Sci
Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Pest Management Science issue dedicated solely to articles about glyphosate

August 7, 2018
Glyphosate was commercialized in 1974. Since then, it has become one of the most widely used and studied herbicides. According to Duke (2018b), almost 20,000 scientific publications and patents have included glyphosate as a focus; only 2,4-D surpasses it with respect to citations.
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A yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, foraging on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Up Close and Personal with a Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

August 3, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Sometimes they barely notice you. Such was the case of a yellow-faced bumble bee, Bombus vosnesenskii, spotted on our Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). If a picture is worth a thousand words, what is a bee worth? Priceless.
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