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Dimilin for TPS control

May 18, 2017
By Luis A Espino
A FIFRA Section 2(ee) Recommendation has been issued for control of tadpole shrimp (TPS) using Dimilin 2L. The recommendation states to use Dimilin two to 10 days after the field is flooded; it also states that Dimilin does not appear to control adult TPS. Dimilin is an insect growth regulator.
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Armyworm traps on the edge of a field. Photo by: Luis Espino
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UC Rice is live on Social Media

May 5, 2017
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
UC Rice is now live on social media! We will be posting events that may be of interest to California rice and of course, lots of pictures of California rice country! Please follow us here: On Twitter: @UCRice On Facebook: @UCRice On Instagram: @UCRice...
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2nd Annual Rice Weed Course: September 15, 2017

May 1, 2017
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
The 2nd Annual Rice Weed Course will take place: Friday, September 15, 2017 from 8:30AM to 4:25PM (Registration begins at 7:30AM) at the Hamilton Road Field (on West Hamilton Rd. between Hwy. 99 & Riceton Hwy.
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Early BUTTE® trials at the Rice Experiment Station, 2012
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Butte® Registration Approved for 2017 Rice Season

April 25, 2017
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
BUTTE, a rice herbicide, has received federal registration in the USA as well as state registration in California. It will be available to California rice growers for the upcoming 2017 season.
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Extension entomologist Larry Godfrey, 1956-2017 (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Larry Godfrey: 1956-2017, Friend to the Rice Industry

April 24, 2017
UC Cooperative Extension entomologist Larry Godfrey, a 26-year member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology faculty and widely known for his research on applied insect ecology and integrated pest management (IPM) strategies, died April 18, succumbing to cancer. He was 60. Dr.
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