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Fighting Foxtail in a Small Pasture

October 30, 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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Insect Wedding Photography: When Three's a Crowd

October 6, 2017
So there they were, the bride and groom, culminating their vows. We spotted them in Vacaville, Calif., clinging to a passion flower vine (Passiflora), their host plant--just the two of them, the female Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) and the male. Two's company? Not for long.
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Intriguing Topic: Social Evolution in Social Insects

October 2, 2017
Intriguing topic: social evolution in social insects... The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology has booked associate professor of biology Tim Linksvayer of the University of Pennsylvania for a seminar on Genomic Signatures of Social Evolution in Social Insects" on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
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Joint USDA NRCS-CDFA Healthy Soils Summit

September 20, 2017
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Joint USDA NRCS-CDFA Healthy Soils Summit CDFA Building Auditorium Sacramento, CA January 11, 2017 Comments provided by Jeff Mitchell Late this past Sunday evening, it suddenly dawned on me that I had been dwelling on and dedicating more time and effort to my participation in this afternoon's panel...
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Kearney Alfalfa and Forage Field Day

September 5, 2017
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
The annual Alfalfa and Forage Field Day at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (9240 S. Riverbend Ave., Parlier, CA 93648) will take place on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Registration begins at 7:30am, and lunch is offered at the end of event.
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The Beetle Boys Meet at the Bohart

August 4, 2017
The Beatle Boys made their mark in Liverpool, but across the pond, specifically at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, the real Beetle Boys emergedentomology-driven youth who have made their mark with the Coleopterists Society, an international society devoted to the st...
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In Pursuit of the California Dogface Butterfly

July 11, 2017
Few people have seen California's state insect in the wild, but now thousands will this week--on TV. The California dogface butterfly, Zerene eurydice, and its Auburn habitat will be featured on KVIE Public Television's "Rob on the Road" show at various times throughout the week.
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California Olives and the Mystery of Santa Cruz Island

July 3, 2017
Recent advances in understanding the history of olive domestication Elizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare and Kings Counties Olives are thought to have first been domesticated in the northeastern Levant, an area near the border of present-day Turkey and Syria. Map captured from Google Maps.
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