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Fall-planted sites 2017-18
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Statewide small grain testing program update

January 23, 2018
By Mark E Lundy, Robert G Wilson, Darrin A Culp, Sarah E Light, Steven D Wright, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles, Brian H Marsh
The UC Grain Cropping Systems Lab and a cooperating network of UC Cooperative Extension agronomists established fall-planted small grain variety trials across the state of California from October to December 2017.
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January 12, 2018 Updates

January 12, 2018
Countywide projects We have several county wide projects this year. One is called Valley Roots. We are partnering with a group from UC Merced who have written a play about farm families in the valley. They are looking for 4-H members to Act in the play.
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This is part of the trilogy of wall pieces created by artist Ann Savageau, professor emerita, UC Davis Department of Design. Her materials: hornet nest paper.
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This Artist Works with Hornet Nest Paper

January 5, 2018
Most people avoid a hornet's nest. Not environmental artist Ann Savageau; the retired UC Davis Department of Design professor creates art from hornet nest paper. "I began using hornet nest paper back in Ann Arbor, Mich.
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ACP adult and nymph
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Sex Phermone for ACP Found

December 22, 2017
The Asian citrus psyllid, the most devastating threat to the worldwide citrus industry, may have met its match.
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UC Davis Connections Emerge at Conference in Malayasia

December 6, 2017
Talk about UC Davis connections! When UC Davis emeriti professors of entomology Peter Cranston and Penny Gullan of Canberra, Australia, attended the International Conference on Natural Resources in the Tropics in late November in Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo) at Sibu and Kapit on the Rajang River, they...
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Fighting Foxtail in a Small Pasture

November 3, 2017
By Devii R Rao
Foxtail (Hordeum murinum) is a pest plant that can dominate pastures on the Central Coast. It's not particularly good forage for livestock and the seed heads often get stuck in eyes, ears, and noses of livestock and pets.
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