Roses are popular ornamental plants grown in home gardens, parks, and other landscapes. Just like other plants, roses can be host to a number of insects and mite pests.
Nine local nonprofits selected for training program (Imperial Valley Press) Sept. 12 The Imperial County Local Health Authority Commission Wednesday identified nine local nonprofit organizations that have been selected to participate in capacity building training over the next several months.
UC Cooperative Extension is conducting a survey of rice diseases this fall. The objective of the survey is to document the incidence of rice diseases in Sacramento Valley rice fields so that the Air Resources Board agrees to continue to allow the rice industry to burn up to 25% of the acreage.
James Hodge Black, UC Cooperative Extension advisor emeritus, passed away Aug. 10, 2019, at the age of 83 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Black earned his B.S. in general agriculture in 1957 and his M.S. in entomology in 1961 from the University of Arkansas.
Many gardeners and landscapers enjoy growing and caring for roses. Through careful selection of varieties and appropriate cultivation, roses can be grown with a minimum of pest problems.
By Sarah E Light, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles, Mark E Lundy, Nicholas E Clark, Brian H Marsh
Preliminary grain yield results for our fall-planted common wheat, triticale, durum wheat and barley trials are now available on the UC Small Grains Research and Information Center website: http://smallgrains.ucanr.
Inside The Lives Of Farmworkers: Top 5 Lessons I Learned On The Ground (NPR) Dan Charles, July 15 Philip Martin, an economist at the University of California, Davis, who's spent his professional life studying farm labor markets, says employers are adapting to the worker shortage in four different wa...
Each summer I anticipate the annual return of a dragonfly to my backyard patio-pool area. Like clockwork, this Odonata anisoptera appears, perching atop a narrow 3' high metal garden trellis, surveying the pool before zooming down to encircle the water.
