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Fig. 1. Yellowing and tip burning of wheat from frost injury. (Photo courtesy of PCA.)
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Frost Injury in Wheat

March 7, 2018
By Mark E Lundy, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
I have received a couple inquiries from Pest Control Advisors about wheat that is showing leaf tip yellowing and burning (Fig. 1). Their suspicion is frost injury, and with the weather we have experienced over the last several weeks, their suspicion is likely true.
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A view of Lake Wakatipu and Queenstown, the venue for the Symposium.
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DRAAWP in on New Zealand

March 7, 2018
The Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project (DRAAWP) was represented by two presentations to the 15th International Symposium of Aquatic Plants, held February 18-23 2018 in Queenstown, New Zealand.
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Fig. 1. Yellowing and tip burning of wheat from frost injury. (Photo courtesy of PCA.)
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Frost Injury in Wheat

March 7, 2018
By Mark E Lundy, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
I have received a couple inquiries from Pest Control Advisors about wheat that is showing leaf tip yellowing and burning (Fig. 1). Their suspicion is frost injury, and with the weather we have experienced over the last several weeks, their suspicion is likely true.
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Garbanzo beans mature in June and are harvested in July.
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UC estimates costs and returns for growing garbanzo beans

March 6, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The UC Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center has released two new studies on the estimated costs and returns of producing garbanzo beans, also known as chick peas, in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys.
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New Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor

March 6, 2018
My name is Lynn Sosnoskie and I recently joined the University of California Cooperative Extension Team as a Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor for Merced and Madera Counties based out of the Merced office. About me. I grew up in a small coal mining town in central Pennsylvania.
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In video game Foldit's Aflatoxin Challenge, players try to fold a protein into a shape that will break down the aflatoxin molecule into something harmless.
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Monthly news round up: February 2018

February 28, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Scientists' Newest Tool To Fight Agricultural Toxin: A Video Game (KVPR) Kerry Klein, Feb. 28 It wasn't long after the invention of the internet that scientists discovered the potential for using computing power as a citizen science tool.
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Roberto Botelho, Angus Wright, and Tom Willey (left to right) visit the NRI Project field in Five Points, CA, February 22, 2018
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CASI Hosts Esteemed Guests at Five Points NRI Project Site!

February 26, 2018
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
February 22, 2018 Three distinguished guests visited the long-standing CASI NRI Project in Five Points on February 22 and saw first-hand how the no-till and cover cropped soils have dramatically changed since the study was started in 1999. Dr.
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