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Surendra Dara, UC Cooperative Extension advisor, explores innovative options to control pests using microbials as biological controls.
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ANR in the news March 1-11

March 13, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Western Innovator: Putting biologicals to work (Capital Press) Padma Nagappan, March 11 Early in life, Surendra Dara decided that no matter which field he chose, he needed to make an impact on it. Always interested in science, he chose agriculture and specialized in entomology.
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Prescribed Burn Meeting Wed 3/13 in Hollister – Reminder

March 11, 2019
By Devii R Rao
Greetings This is a reminder that UC Cooperative Extension and San Benito Working Landscapes Group are co-hosting a prescribed burn meeting on Wednesday, March 13th from 2:30-4:30 pm at the Veterans Memorial Building, 649 San Benito Street, Room 218, in Hollister.
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Telling fortunes

February 10, 2019
Weekends go by quickly! I didn't accomplish much, but I didn't try very hard. Instead, I took to heart the words of a fortune cookie I had while in Mexico a couple of weeks ago. The fortune encouraged me to "Relax and Enjoy Yourself.
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En una escala global, las plagas y patógenos están reduciendo significativamente la producción de arroz (en la fotografía), trigo, maíz, frijol de soya y papas.
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La plagas y patógenos son una pesada carga para importantes cultivos

February 8, 2019
By Leticia G Irigoyen
In English Los granjeros saben que pierden cosechas debido a las plagas y enfermedades de las plantas, pero segn un reporte cientfico de la Divisin de Agricultura y Recursos Naturales de UC y otros miembros de la Sociedad Internacional de Patologa Vegetal, se ha descubierto que, a escala mundial, el...
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Bohart associate/entomology student Wade Spencer shows Coco McFluffin to Bohart Museum visitors. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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You Gotta Love Those Tarantulas!

February 6, 2019
You gotta love those tarantulas at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis. If you don't love them, then at least you'll love their names.
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From left are distinguished emerita professor M.R.C. Greenwood, chair of the UC Davis Emeriti Association Awards and Recognition Committee; distinguished emeritus professor Robert E. Page Jr., and UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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In Praise of a Honey Bee Geneticist

January 31, 2019
Accolades flowed when honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., received the 2019 UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Professor Award at the annual Academic Retiree and Emeriti Award Luncheon, held Jan. 28 in the UC Davis Conference Center.
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Zane and Benjamin planting acorns for the UC Santa Cruz study by Dr. Blair McLaughlin of the Zavaleta Lab.
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HREC Youth Volunteers Support Oak Research

January 17, 2019
My name is Valentina Evans, and I am a new volunteer at the UC Hopland Research and Extension Center. My partners Benjamin Evans, and Zane Petersen have chosen to volunteer with me at the HREC for our senior project at Ukiah High School.
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