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Author: Lynn M. Sosnoskie The first step in developing an effective weed management program is being able to properly identify the weed species that are infesting a field. But why? Why is weed identification so important? Simply stated, because not all weeds are created equal.

In 2014, plant biologists with the California Department of Agriculture reported an alarming discovery: native wildflowers and herbs, grown in nurseries and then planted in ecological restoration sites around California, were infected with Phytophthora tentaculata, a deadly exotic plant pathogen tha...

As anyone who has ever cared for livestock at a commercial scale will tell you, animal husbandry requires a wide range of skills. Ranchers must be animal behaviorists, veterinary technicians, bovine (or ovine, caprine, etc.

Risk What are you waiting for? As the old saying goes, when it rains it pours. Nobody knows that better than we do right now, literally. For most farmers, rain is a good thing.

Yes, it's true. You can exchange suds for a bug. That would be a cabbage white butterfly for a pitcher of beer or its equivalent. And it's all in the interest of science.

Suds for a bug? A pitcher of beer for a butterfly? It's all in the interest of science. Beginning Jan. 1, Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, is sponsoring his annual Beer for a Butterfly Contest.

Bev Anderson knew something was wrong. All my life I've known my feet didn't have the strength and capability of most of the people I knew, she recalled. In high school, she began experiencing severe pain. Her family physician diagnosed her as having growing pains. They weren't.

From spotted wing drosophila to spider glue to wild bees! Medical entomologist Geoffrey Attardo, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has compiled a great line-up of speakers for the winter quarter. The Wednesday seminars, to begin Jan.

What are mistletoes? Mistletoes (Arceuthobium spp. [dwarf mistletoes], Phoradendron spp. [American mistletoes], and Viscum album. [European mistletoe]) are evergreen, flowering plants that parasitize trees and shrubs to acquire water and nutrients.

The first step in developing a successful weed management program is being able to properly identify the species that are infesting a field. But why? Why is weed identification so important? Simply stated, because not all weeds are created equal.