Agriculture

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Zheng Wang
ANR Employee News: Article

Names in the News

April 3, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Wang joins UCCE as vegetable and irrigation advisor Zheng Wang joined UCCE on March 5, 2018, as an area vegetable production and irrigation advisor in Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Merced counties.
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Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

CropManage Hands-on Workshop in Salinas on April 24 2018

April 3, 2018
By Michael D Cahn
CropManage Hands-on Workshop: Bringing Irrigation and Nutrient Management Decision Support to the Field Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018 8:00am 12 pm Location: Monterey County Agriculture Conference Room 1432 Abbott St.
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Hopland REC oaks
ANR Employee News: Article

Hopland REC calls for proposals

April 2, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Hopland Research and Extension Center is soliciting proposals for new and continuing research projects for the period July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019. Hopland REC encompasses more than 5,300 acres of oak woodland, grasslands, and chaparral rangeland in southeastern Mendocino County.
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Robovator directed by little computers that scan lettuce rows cuts weeds. Photo taken by Petr Kosina during 2016 specialty crops tour.
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ANR invited to California specialty crops tour Aug. 6–9

April 2, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
ANR members are invited to participate in the California Specialty Crops Council's 2018 educational tour of specialty crop production and pest management in California. The tour will start on Monday, Aug. 6 in Visalia and will conclude in Sacramento in late afternoon Thursday, Aug. 9.
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Ella Mae Noffsinger, 1934-2018
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Ella Mae Noffsinger: 1934-2018

March 30, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ella Mae Noffsinger, 84, who retired in 1991 as the senior museum scientist in charge of the UC Davis Nematode Collection, passed away March 22, 2018 in Woodland. She was a longtime resident of Palm Gardens Assisted Living, Woodland.
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From left, Julia Rowe, Marjorie Duske, Keith Gilless, Kathryn Uhrich, Mike Mellano, Dina Moore, Glenda Humiston, Anne Megaro and Keith Nathaniel visited congressional offices in March to brief lawmakers and staffers on the latest UC ANR research.
ANR Employee News: Article

ANR briefs California congressional members on ag research

March 29, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
VP Glenda Humiston, AVP Wendy Powers and several UC ANR representatives visited more than 30 congressional offices in March to brief lawmakers and staffers on the latest agriculture and natural resources research and outreach benefiting Californians.
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Subterranean termite tunnels
UC Master Gardeners- Diggin' it in SLO: Article

Western Subterranean Termites

March 28, 2018
By Maria Murrietta
Norm Knows... Western Subterranean Termites Western Subterranean Termites have a winter time activity period, but are year-round pests of wooden structures and dead trees. The winter activity is associated with their swarming habit. The winged adults are black/dark brown with opaque gray wings.
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A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, nectars on a a mustard blossom in Vacaville, Calif. on Sunday, March 25. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Boys Are Back in Town

March 26, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The boys are back in town! Well, at least one is. We don't know where the girls are. Neither, apparently, does he. A male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipuncta, aka "the teddy bear bee," buzzed into our mustard patch Sunday and nectared on the blossoms for about 10 minutes.
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