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An Automated Delivery System for Therapeutic Materials to Treat HLB Infected Citrus Ozgur Batuman1 and Louise Ferguson2 Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Immokalee, FL; 2UC Davis, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis CA Why is this...

Cutworms are moth larvae that hide in the soil during the day, and then come out at night to feed on plants. They get their name from their ability to "cut off" a seedling at ground level by chewing through the stem at or just below the soil level.

General situation We are firmly into the 2020 season and the weather is starting to settle into its summer pattern. According to the data from our reference weather station Kings Co is running almost exactly on its 30 year average heat accumulation.

California Naturalists are getting ready to participate in and around their homes for the City Nature Challenge 2020, April 24-27! If you want to participate, find out if your city is on the list this year. They told us using the survey what they are looking forward to seeing in their city.

Douglas W. Tallamy NATURE'S BEST HOPE: A NEW APPROACH TO CONSERVATION THAT STARTS IN YOUR YARD. Timber Press, 2019 Portland, Oregon 254 pages. Douglas W. Tallamy BRINGING NATURE HOME: HOW YOU CAN SUSTAIN WILDLIFE WITH NATIVE PLANTS Timber Press, 2007 Portland, Oregon 265 pages.

Goulson, Dave A STING IN THE TAIL MY ADVENTURES WITH BUMBLE BEES Picador Publishing 2013 New York, NY 256 pages Goulson, Dave A BUZZ IN THE MEADOW, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF A FRENCH FARM Picador Publishing 2014 New York, NY 266 pages With all the buzz about bees and pollinators, I have over the last f...

As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds and shelter at home orders impact every aspect of our daily life from school closures to increased unemployment, uncertain access to food is increasing for many Californians.

Growing up in a traditional Asian Indian household, home cooking was a part of the daily routine and a cultural practice. At the time, acquiring cooking knowledge and skills was an expectation and considered normal.

Over the last 20 years, UC research has shown that dairies in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys are potentially major contributors of nitrate and salts in groundwater.

As Californians stay home to avoid the new coronavirus COVID-19, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources is working differently to continue delivering research-based information to Californians across the state.