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		<title> FAO recommends considering eating insects - UCR entomologist follows through</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently shown this youtube video of Dr. Mark Hoddle of UCR on a collecting trip for red palm weevil.  Like a train wreck - you know what is going to happen but you still watch.
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:13 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=10407&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> New app for reporting suspected invasive pests - Report a Pest</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=10246&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/South/blogfiles/15932small.jpg" align="left" border="0"></a>The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has a free mobile app for iPhones and iPads.  As is the trend these days, an Android version will be available at a later time. 
The app, &amp;ldquo;Report a Pest&amp;rdquo;, streamlines the reporting to CDFA by having people take photos of a suspected invasive pest and the photos are sent CDFA for evaluation. 
For those of you who are not in the Apple family, you can also go to http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/ on the CDFA&amp;rsquo;s website and...<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:49:57 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> IPM Job opportunities in NY</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[The NYS IPM Program has 3 professional Extension Associate positions open:
School &amp;amp; Turf IPM, Albany NY
Community IPM (with structural focus), Southeastern NY
Vegetable IPM, Geneva NY
Applications accepted until May 15. 
Information can be found at:
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/news/nysipm_rss_article.php?newsId=138&amp;amp;catId=23...<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:47:34 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Meeting announcement - Annual IPM for Professional Landscapers 5/22/13</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Hold the date for the IPM meeting. Details still being worked out but so far:
5/22/13
Marina Village, San Diego on Mission Bay
8-3:30
Registration $50
lunch and new palm tree management book included.
topics:
palm biology and management
ipm at botanical gardens
soil pH and plant health
nutsedge herbicides and label updates
new NPDES regulations
invasive insects
 
Watch your email, go to cesandiego.ucanr.edu, or your mail for the registration info. Should be up by Monday...<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:39:43 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> BATS! (not the baseball kind)</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in bat (the flying kind) management? Here&apos;s the opportunity to participate in a webinar on April 4 10am central time (I think that is 8am pacific)
Bats and Bat Management
Presenter: 

Scott Hygnstrom, Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Certified Wildlife Biologist and Leader of the eXtension CoP for Wildlife Damage Management
Bats are unique creatures in the animal kingdom. They are mammals that can truly fly and many use sonar to......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:00:11 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=9480&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> A late meeting notice - Turf and Landscape Training 12/12/12!</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Certified Arborists, Landscape Contractors, Golf Course Superintendents, and Irrigation Specialists,Just a reminder about registering for the 12/12/12 Turf and Landscape Institute to be conducted at the Etiwanda Gardens Conference Center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA on 12/12/12,by Dec. 5 for the pre-registration rate of only $85 (or $75 if 3 register online together at http://cesanbernardino@ucdavis.edu.)6.5 ISA CEUs and 6.0 Dept. of Pesticide Regulation PCA/QAL/QAC CEUs.  IA and GCSAA......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:59:12 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Native Pollinators in Agriculture Field Day - Orange County</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Growers and their collaborators will be interested in an important, informative, timely, and free workshop - the Native Pollinators in Agriculture Field Day, coming up on Tuesday, September 11.  It will be held at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, CA from 8 am until 2:15 pm. Lunch is included. 
YOU MUST REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP DUE TO THE LIMITED SPACE ON THE BUS AND TO ASSIST WITH FOOD ORDERING


 


As you know, specialty crop agriculture in California is highly dependent on......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:55:02 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Persea Mite Workshop Announced</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Persea mite training workshop for avocado pest managers/growers
The workshop will cover aspects of sampling using new statistically-based sampling approaches (presence-absence sampling and tree selection rules) in the field, a series of short lectures on persea mite biology, ecology, area of origin, and control strategies (chemical and biological).
 2.5 hrs of CE credits from DPR for these workshops.
Where: Santa Paula (June 20), Limoneira Ranch, 1141 Cummings Road, Santa Paula, CA......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:30:56 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> UC Cooperative Extension seeks comments for new academic positions</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[UC is looking for public comments regarding new positions.Go to http://ucanr.org/callforpositions&#xa0;&#xa0;...<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:02:43 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Believe it or not - a &quot;natural&quot; SELECTIVE herbicide</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[&#xa0;A colleague recently asked me what I thought about the Iron HEDTA (FeHEDTA) herbicides that recently came on the market.&#xa0; I replied with, &quot;Uh...&quot;&#xa0; Turns out that she is located in northern California and I&apos;m in southern California and I guess the iron train has not arrived down here yet because no one has asked me about it.&#xa0; So I decided to check it out.
I could only find a little information online where the product was tested and it was not really a planned study, more like a what I call a......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:13:53 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> DPR proposes changes to pesticide use in landscaped areas and around structures</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[California Department of Pesticide Regulation NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&#xa0; Oct. 28, 2011 (11-15)Media contact: Lea Brooks lbrooks@cdpr.ca.gov or 916.445.3974Department of Pesticide Regulation Proposes Restrictions in Urban Areas to Protect Water QualitySACRAMENTO - Businesses that provide structural pest control would be required to follow strict new controls that limit where pesticides are applied around structures to protect water quality under regulations proposed today by the California......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:23:48 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Presentation from Effective Use of Pesticides in Ornamental Production</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[I gave a presentation (same one I did at the FarWest Show) today and was asked to post it. &#xa0;Unfortunately, I haven&apos;t had time to figure out the new website program (sorry DK!) so I&apos;m putting it here.It is called &quot;Are you spending too much on weed control?&quot; and it is geared towards container nurseries....<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:21:08 PST</pubDate>
		<link>http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=5990&amp;utm_source=RSS&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> My first meeting with a brown widow spider</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[I was playing with our new puppy today and was rolling around on the back yard with her. As it turns out, there is also a birdbath where we were playing and I happened to look up when I was under it and found a bunch of burr-like sacs underneath. &#xa0; Photo by Rick VetterThese are egg sacs of the brown widow spider and the sacs are so distinctive, that even I knew what they were. &#xa0;Here is what they look like to me:
I even found the spider itself and have to say it was a lot smaller and more......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:14:04 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Pest Priorities - Make YOUR VOICE COUNT</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[The IR4 Program helps expand pesticide labels for use in minor crops &#xa0;such as ornamental plant production. &#xa0;Western US issues are often put in at a lower rank because growers in the east and midwest participate more in priority setting surveys including the one I link to below.If you want to have a say in what products are going to have targeted testing, you NEED to fill out this survey.
 
Participate today in the Grower &amp;amp; Extension Survey:
 
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The survey is available on the IR-4......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:12:33 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Crossing the Blogosphere and more</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[I don&apos;t want anyone to miss out on my latest post even if it&apos;s somewhere else.&#xa0; I just put something up of the UC WEED SCIENCE blog. See &quot;Summer means polarized sunglasses&quot; http://ucanr.org/blogs/UCDWeedScience/index.cfm
I also want to alert you to a meeting coming up on August 27 at the South Coast Research and Extension Center in Irvine.Pitahaya (Dragon Fruit) Festival and Field Day 
I&apos;ll be talking about Pitahaya IPM (Gophers, Birds, Snails and Weeds).
See the EVENTS section on the right......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:01:43 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Need Continuing Education?</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Rather than wait until November to finish up your CEUs for your PA, QAL, QAC, or PCA (if you don&apos;t know what these are, you don&apos;t need to read any further), here are some sites where you can get some online education and get units for free (!!).First off, UC IPM has developed a set of training modules:
IPM &#8211; A Solution for Reducing Pesticides/Water Quality: Pesticide Properties
Learn key elements of an IPM program, when pesticides are necessary, and alternative control methods. Also presented......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 11:39:01 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> New Green Bulletin is out!</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the Green Bulletin is out and you can get it at http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/greenbulletin/
The sixth issue features articles on Calibrating Spray Application Equipment, a guide to Common Weeds in Lawns in California, a new and free Online Training for pest management professionals and pesticide applicators, and  answers to pesticide application questions in our continuing column, Ask the Expert.
AND...links to Common Weeds in Lawns and Common Turfgrass Species in......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:47:41 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Date set for IPM Seminar for Landscapers</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[Save May 19th 2011 for the Annual IPM for Professional Landscapers Meeting.This year we will be trying a new venue - The Chula Vista Nature Center. While Chula Vista may sound far, it&apos;s really only 15 min. south of the the where we held the meeting the last 3 years.We are planning on starting a 8am and going to 3pm. Admission to the Center is included so after the meeting at 3pm you can go watch them feed the sharks and rays and at 3:30 they feed the birds....<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 08:22:09 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Why I don&apos;t drink red grapefruit juice</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[In the interest of disclosure, I am a vegetarian. It&apos;s not a fad, I haven&apos;t intentionally eaten meat, chicken, fish or seafood for nearly 40 years. And when I found out that that red grapefruit juice is often colored with dye from squashed&#xa0;cochineal beetles I stopped drinking that too. &#xa0;But what other foods use it? Until now, dye from the cochineal beetle (actually it&apos;s a scale insect) only needed to be listed as&#xa0;something like &#8220;coloring added.&#8221; Starting today (1/5/11), foods and cosmetics must......<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:17:27 PST</pubDate>
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		<author> cawilen@ucanr.edu(Cheryl A. Wilen)</author>
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		<title> Hunting the Red Palm Weevil</title>      
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=3872&utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed"><img src="http://ucanr.edu/blogs/South/blogfiles/5661small.png" align="left" border="0"></a>First of all, I cannot tell you how important it is for you NOT to put out traps. There is a lot of information online about these traps but when people start putting them out, it completely messes up the detection program that the state is conducting.
Having said that, if you see any of the following things on or near a Canary Island Date Palm&#xa0; please contact the following: CDFA Pest Hotline at 1-800-491-1899 or go to the CDFA&apos;s Report A Pest website at: www.cdfa.ca.gov/go/reportapest 
Also...<br clear="all">]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:08:03 PST</pubDate>
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