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Gerry Spinelli
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Names in the News

October 30, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Spinelli named UCCE horticulture advisor Gerardo Spinelli joined UC Cooperative Extension in San Diego County as a production horticulture advisor on Oct. 12, 2020. He will work with nurseries, floriculture and controlled environment plant production.
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False Chinch Bug in New Avocado Plantings

October 23, 2020
By Ben A Faber
The false chinch bug (FCB), Nysius raphanus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae), is a pest of many plants. FCB is a generalist and has been found to be a problem in many cropping systems such as soybeans, quinoa, tobacco, cotton, broccoli and other Brassicaceae plants.
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Profile image of Edna Blackhurst, she has black hair and is wearing a red blouse.
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Welcome! New Program Coordinators

October 19, 2020
By Melissa G Womack
Edna Blackhurst Tulare and Kings Counties elblackhurst@ucanr.edu Edna Blackhurst has been with UCCE Tulare for more than 25 years.
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Pushing forward

October 7, 2020
In a year that continues to take unpleasant twists and turns, there continue to be bright spots along the way! Please welcome Douglas Amaral to UC ANR.
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Laura Vollmer
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Names in the News

September 30, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Vollmer named UCCE nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor Laura Vollmer joined UC Cooperative Extension in San Mateo, San Francisco and Santa Clara counties on Sept. 8, 2020, as a nutrition, family and consumer sciences advisor.
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