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Voles (Meadow Mice): Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Voles are mouselike rodents somewhat similar in appearance to pocket gophers. The clearest signs of their presence are the aboveground runways that connect burrow openings. Most problems around homes and gardens occur during outbreaks of vole populations.

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Common Plants to Attract California Native Bees

Many of California's 5100 species of flowering native plants have coevolved with native bees. Learn how to select plants for your garden or landscape to attract and support native bees.

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Common Bees and Common Plants Card Set Bundle

Save 20% when you buy both card sets together!

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Benefits of Plants to Humans and Urban Ecosystems

The link between horticulture and health and well-being has been scientifically documented for centuries. This publication explores the benefits in five major areas.

Publication Number:: 8726

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Common Bees in California Gardens, 2nd Ed

Nearly 1600 species of native bees can be found in California's rich ecosystems; this colorful pocket field guide will help you identify bees commonly found in urban gardens and landscapes.

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Comparing Fruit Rind Scarring That Three Early-Season Pests Cause in Mandarin

This publication helps you compare specific types of scars caused by insects inmandarins and sweet orange so you can prevent costly rind damage and the possible downgrading of your fruit.

Publication Number:: 8708

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Estimating Nitrogen Availability in Organic Annual Production

Nitrogen management in organic systems is challenging because complex organic forms of nitrogen originating from compost, manures, crop residue, and other organic materials must be converted by microbes into mineral forms of nitrogen to become plant-available. This overview and worksheet will help you estimate a nitrogen budget.

Publication Number:: 8712

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Postharvest Technology, 4th Edition: Extension Methods and Capacity Building

With all the postharvest technologies from which to choose, how can extension professionals help their clientele determine whether any given technology will solve the problem at hand? This volume is designed to help these professionals answer these questions.

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Cherry: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

Download a free copy of these UC-approved guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticide use, and nonpesticide alternatives for agricultural crops -- essential tools for anyone making pest management decisions in the field.

Publication Number:: 3440

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Wild Blackberries: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Most species of wild blackberry, also called brambles, provide important sources of food and cover for many birds and mammals. Four species, however, are considered weeds.

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Welcoming Culturally Diverse Youth into 4-H: A Handbook for 4-H Professionals

This handbook was written to share models for reaching culturally diverse youth that have proven successful within the UC 4-H Youth Development Program—and to communicate promising 4-H program practices for supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Publication Number:: 8714

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Managing Small Ruminant Nutrition in Chaparral

Chaparral is a fire-prone shrubland plant community that grows across roughly 7 million acres of coastal and inland California. Land managers are turning to targeted grazing of sheep and goats on chaparral to reduce fire risk.

Publication Number:: 8717

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Dallisgrass: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Dallisgrass, Paspalum dilatatum, is a warm-season perennial bunch grass that was introduced into the United States from South America in the 1800s for use as a forage plant. It is now a troublesome weed that has naturalized throughout much of California.

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Principles for Landscape Water Conservation

Repeated droughts, warm temperatures, and climate change mean that water conservation will remain a necessity in California.

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Seasonal Guide to Environmentally Responsible Pest Mgmt Practices in Almonds PDF

This handy publication is a decision guide packed with information to help almond growers make environmentally responsible pest management decisions year-round without decreasing their yields or increasing their reject levels.

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Botryosphaeria Canker: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Botryosphaeria canker is a common disease in many ornamental and crop plants. These pathogens cause disease by growing around, along, or through the stem until the plant is girdled, killing tissue in its wake. It usually kills the bark and cambium but can also enter the wood.

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Eucalyptus Redgum Lerp Psyllid: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Psyllids are plant-juice sucking homopterans in the insect family Aphalaridae. Redgum lerp psyllid nymphs (immatures) form a cover called a "lerp," which is a small white, hemispherical cap composed of solidified honeydew and wax.

Publication Number:: 7460

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Citrus: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

Download a free copy of these UC-approved guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticide use, and nonpesticide alternatives -- essential tools for anyone making pest management decisions in the field.

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Methods for Collecting Representative Samples of Solid Manure for Nitrogen

This study investigates the accuracy of practices for collecting samples of solid manure to represent the dry-matter and nutrient composition of a pile and researches variability both within and between a sample of solid manure piles.

Publication Number:: 8715

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Forage Harvested for Silage: Methods to Measure Yield and Nitrogen Composition

This study investigates the accuracy of common practices for measuring nitrogen forage yields and investigated the most efficient ways to improve measurement accuracy.

Publication Number:: 8713

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Planning and Permitting Forest Fuel-Reduction Projects on Private Lands in CA

This publication presents some key considerations into selecting the appropriate permit to facilitate fuel-reduction projects on private lands—and offers some insights into permitting larger fuel projects that involve multiple owners or multiple funding sources.

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