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Drosophila on a raspberry.
Dennis Mathew, University of Nevada, Reno, will speak on
“Mechanism Underlying Starvation-Dependent Modulation of Olfactory Sensory Neurons in the Drosophila Larva” at the PBESA symposium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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PBESA Meeting: Free Virtual Symposium on Sensory Physiology

April 14, 2020
UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal is organizing a free, virtual symposium on Recent Advances in Sensory Physiology, zeroing in on such organisms as mosquitoes, honey bees, butterflies and fruit flies, as part of the April 20th meeting of the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of Americ...
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How to Control Mustard with Grazing

April 13, 2020
By Devii R Rao
How to Control Mustard with Grazing Summer mustard, sometimes also called short-pod mustard (Hirschfeldia incana) and black mustard (Brassica nigra) are common rangeland weeds on California's Central Coast. Summer mustard seems to be the more common species.
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"I'll be BACK" - Managing Blue Alfalfa Aphids in Alfalfa

April 8, 2020
By Ian M Grettenberger, Rachael Long, Michael D Rethwisch, Robert G Wilson
Re-posted with permission from the UC ANR Alfalfa & Forage News: I'll be back! And, they are, with a vengeance! Just like the Terminator, those pesky blue alfalfa aphids are once again wreaking havoc in alfalfa fields, including those just breaking dormancy in colder climates.
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Weeds from Droughty Winters

April 6, 2020
As of February 20, fiddleneck (Amsinckia spp.) was flowering in Fresno County. Zero rain fell in the city of Fresno during the month of February. By February 27, a date when the temperature reached 79F in Fresno, the U.S.
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SRM honors Huntsinger with research award

March 30, 2020
Reposted from the UCANR employee news Lynn Huntsinger, professor and Russell Rustici Chair in Rangeland Management at UC Berkeley, received the W.R. Chapline Research Award at the Society for Range Management's (SRM) 72nd Annual Meeting, Technical Training and Trade Show in Denver, Colo., Feb.
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