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Getting on the Weed Podcasts

March 27th, 2019
For those long drives when only a podcast will do. Have you listened to a Growing the Valley podcast? Here are a couple you might want to check out. In this short episode, Phoebe Gordon chats with Dr. Brad Hanson, Weed Specialist with UC Davis.
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Gardening tools for youngsters at the UC Davis Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, located on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. A Junior Bee Gardeners' Day is set from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 30. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Haven Is the Place to 'Bee' for Junior Gardeners on March 30

March 21st, 2019
The Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven is the place to "bee" on Saturday, March 30 for youngsters who want to learn more about honey bees and native bees. The bee haven, operated and maintained by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is sponsoring a Junior Bee Gardeners' Day from 9 a.m.
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Weed science podcasts

March 21st, 2019
Have you listened to a Growing the Valley podcast? Here are a couple you might want to check out. In this short episode, Phoebe Gordon chats with Dr. Brad Hanson, Weed Specialist with UC Davis.
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Fresno State Professor and Department Chair, Anil Shrestha, out in his cover crop field on the University’s campus farm
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CIG's Shrestha conducts cover crop rolling study at Fresno State!

March 20th, 2019
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
March 20, 2019 CIG's Shrestha conducts cover crop rolling study at Fresno State! Professor and Department Chair, Anil Shrestha, at California State University, Fresno, is on his way to conducting a very nice, large-scale and comprehensive study of the ability of a cover crop roller/crimper to termin...
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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 13th, 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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