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Amina Harris, director of the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center, leads a discussion at a recent honey sensory workshop. The Oct. 22 sensory workshop will be virtual. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Honey and Pollination Center Gearing Up for Two Events

August 23rd, 2020
The UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute is gearing up for two virtual events, one in September and the other in October: "Sips and Bites: The Hidden World of Honey" from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 9 on Zoom. Honey Sensory Workshop from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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Perennial pepperweed on ditchbank near Tulelake, California
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Noxious Weed Alert--Perennial Pepperweed/Tall Whitetop

August 5th, 2020
By Thomas J Getts, Robert G Wilson
Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) also known as tall whitetop is a root-creeping perennial weed. It is commonly found along roadsides, ditches, and drains. It is also a big problem in pastures, non-cropland, and even cropland that is not tilled on a yearly basis.
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Perennial Pepperweed or Tall Whitetop
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NOXIOUS WEED ALERT - PERENNIAL PEPPERWEED/TALL WHITETOP

July 29th, 2020
By Thomas J Getts, Robert G Wilson
Perennial pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) also known as tall whitetop is a root-creeping perennial weed. It is commonly found along roadsides, ditches, and drains. It is also a big problem in pastures, non-cropland, and even cropland that is not tilled on a yearly basis.
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A New Threat to California's Oak Trees

July 20th, 2020
The Mediterranean Oak Borer (Xyleborus monographus) is an ambrosia beetle that was found infesting several valley oak trees in Calistoga, (Napa County) California in 2019. The extent of its distribution within Napa County and neighboring Sonoma and Lake Counties is currently undetermined.
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New California rice herbicide available in 2020: RebelEX®

June 25th, 2020
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
From the UC Rice Blog (https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=42838) A new herbicide is available this year for use in California rice: RebelEX, manufactured by Corteva. It is a premix of two other well-known herbicides: Clincher and Granite SC, both from Corteva.
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Rice field in Butte County, CA.
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New California Rice Herbicide Available in 2020: RebelEX®

June 24th, 2020
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
A new herbicide is available this year for use in California rice: RebelEX, manufactured by Corteva. It is a premix of two other well-known herbicides: Clincher and Granite SC, both from Corteva. The active ingredients in RebelEX are cyhalofop (same as Clincher) and penoxsulam (same as Granite SC).
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