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Spotted lanternfly. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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Invasive pest takes up residence in the Northeast

May 21, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
The spotted lanternfly, native to Asia, first came to America in 2014 when it was found in Pennsylvania. Despite a quarantine, populations have been discovered in New York, Delaware and Virginia, reported Zach Montague in the New York Times.
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Steketee IC cultivating three 80-inch wide beds
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Update on Automated Weeders

May 20, 2018
By Richard F Smith
In vegetable production, growers cultivate most of the bed leaving only a 4-inch wide uncultivated band around the seedline. Weeds not controlled by preemergent herbicides or cultural practices in the uncultivated band are ultimately controlled by hand.
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Large crowds gathered around Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Niño as she opened a bee hive at the California Honey Festival and talked about bees. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Bee Tent at the California Honey Festival Was All the Buzz

May 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you attended the second annual California Honey Festival, held recently in downtown Woodland, you probably heard the buzz. Or at least you saw the crowd circling Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
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The Entomology Band performing! From left are Jill Oberski, Zach Griebenow, Brendon Boudinot, Yao Cai, Wei Lin, Jackson Audley and Christine Tabuloc. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Insect-Attired Doctoral Students Perform as 'The Entomology Band'

May 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You've heard such insect-inspired music as Flight of the Bumble Bee, La Cucaracha, Boll Weevil and the The Blue-Tailed Fly, right? But have you ever heard of a song featuring the three-cornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus, and another one spotlighting the male insect organ, the aedeagus?
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Doctoral student Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the recipient of a prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, for her research proposal, “Promoting Food Security by Optimizing Wildflower Plantings to Support Wild and Managed Bees.”

Pollination Ecologist Maureen Page Receives Prestigious 3-Year Fellowship

May 17, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Doctoral student Maureen Page of the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is the recipient of a prestigious three-year fellowship, a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, for her research proposal, Promoting Food Security by Optimizing Wildflow...
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UC Weed Science
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT :: Weed Day 2018

May 17, 2018
By Gale Perez
You can read about the latest weed-science research being conducted at UC Davis, but nothing beats seeing it for yourself.
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UC Weed Science
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT :: Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2018 course

May 16, 2018
By Gale Perez
Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2018 July 10-11, 2018 Bowley Plant Science Teaching Center, UC Davis ****************************** Weed scientists at the University of California are offering the Diagnosing Herbicide Symptoms 2018 course on July 10-11, 2018.
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Interest in winegrape mechanization is skyrocketing because the practices produce grapes of superior quality.
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Mechanical winegrape management produces superior grapes

May 15, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
UC Cooperative Extension specialist Kaan Kurtural is managing a vineyard at the 40-acre UC Oakville Field Station in Napa County with virtually no manual labor, reported Tim Hearden in Capital Press. We set this up to be a no-touch vineyard, Kurtural said.
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A male valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, nectaring on a California native, foothill penstomen, Penstemon heterophyllus. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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UC Davis Bee Garden Open House on May 12

May 11, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Did you celebrate National Public Gardens Day today (Friday, May 11)? Yes? It's always held the Friday before Mother's Day to promote awareness of North America's public gardens. The non-profit American Public Gardens Association of Pennsylvania established the observance in 2009.
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Andreas Westphal, right, with long-time nematology staff research associate Tom Buzo.
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Kearney-based nematologist Andreas Westphal awarded tenure

May 11, 2018
By Jeannette Warnert
UC Riverside nematologist Andreas Westphal hosted lunch for staff and academics at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center May 11 in appreciation for their support. In April, he was awarded tenure.
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