SJC and Delta Field Crops

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Staten Island rice.
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Delta Rice Workshop

August 17th, 2023
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
We invite you to attend a Delta Rice Workshop on Wednesday, August 23rd from 10:00am to noon on Staten Island (23319 N. Staten Island Rd., Thornton).
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Reminder: 2023 UC Dry Bean Field Day

August 11th, 2023
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension will host the UC Dry Bean Field Day on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 from 9:30am to 11:30am. The field day will begin along Bee Biology Road on the UC Davis campus. The agenda is pasted below, and a downloadable version is attached to the bottom of this post. DPR (1.
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Figure 2. Suspected heat damage on corn due to hot soil temperatures at emergence.
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Field Diagnostics in Field Crops

August 8th, 2023
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
Diagnosing problems in the field is never an easy task, but it is one of the most interesting aspects of my job because I usually never encounter the same set of circumstances twice. This summer, I have been called out on a few interesting diagnostics calls, and I wanted to share some observations.
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2023 UC Dry Bean Field Day

July 17th, 2023
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension will host the UC Dry Bean Field Day on Tuesday, August 15, 2023 from 9:30am to 11:30am. The field day will begin along Bee Biology Road on the UC Davis campus. The agenda is pasted below, and a downloadable version is attached to the bottom of this post.
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Figure 1. Bucket traps are placed along field edges. Nine traps are deployed across three Delta locations and are checked weekly. The traps include a pheromone lure that selectively traps true armyworm moths.
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2023 Delta Rice Armyworm Monitoring

June 20th, 2023
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
UCCE has started its annual monitoring of armyworms in rice. Monitoring involves scouting for damage and deployment of pheromone bucket traps that catch the moths (Fig. 1). I have traps at three Delta locations, and at each location, there are three traps that span adjacent fields.
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