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    A true “renaissance woman”, is obsessed with horticulture (returning to her first scientific love of 🌱) and in two locations has ~570 trees 🌳 ... working at Frinj coffee brings her interests in molecular bio, genomics and specialty crops and fruits together

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    Thrilled to host my good friend and former labmate ... we’re walking through the history of molecular bio, starting with the “Maniatis bible” translated to Russian, first vectors and “bucket PCR”... lab work prior to just “Google it” and kits 😉

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    Jan 19

    If you enjoy kiwi fruit, mango, habanero & shishito pepper, passion fruit, bean & alfalfa sprouts, baby carrots, sugar snap peas, starfruit, blood oranges, shiitake mushrooms, & turmeric in the US, then please say RIP to Frieda Rapoport Caplan!

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  4. Jan 14

    And four more here

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  5. Jan 14

    These are the cultivars registered by CRFG last year. More info in the January 2020 Fruit Gardener magazine. The table will all registered cultivars is here

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    This season, the following species are not permitted at any of the Northern California scion exchanges: almond, plum, plumcot, pluot, cherry-plum, apricot, and aprium. The plum bud gall mite (PBGM) Acalitus phloeocoptes is the culprit. Asymptomatic wood could be infected too.

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  7. Jan 4

    The detailed description is here

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  8. Jan 4

    This also applies to all hybrids between plums and apricots, and to almonds. For now the infected trees are found in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Alameda counties.

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  9. Jan 4

    These are the pictures of plum mite galls I took today at Prusch Park in San Jose. The agricultural inspector was on site and he was labeling infected trees in the orchard. We should be checking the plum and apricot wood as we pick it during the exchanges and before grafting.

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    & mutually agree to terminate $1.2B merger agreement, citing "lengthy regulatory approval process." Illumina to pay Pac Bio $98m termination fee:

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    27 Dec 2019

    Have you seen this bug 🐜? Looks cool, but it's . Take the time to become aware of how to identify this new exotic pest and report any suspected sightings to your local Agricultural Commissioner's office right away.

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    23 Dec 2019

    HLB found in multiple citrus trees in Corona- DON'T move citrus across quarantine borders!

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    Between 1271 and 1275, Marco Polo famously explored the overland journey from Europe to Cathay—on what would later be named “the Silk Road.” Today, the route has a much more complicated significance,, which is explored in a new book.

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    Sacramento chapter scion exchange

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    Avocado with white flesh: (persea schiedeana) Butter avocado

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    The recordings are here. I was told the second file had better sound

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    9 Dec 2019

    Three months after his bone marrow transplant, a Nevada man learns that the DNA in his blood has changed. It had all been replaced by the DNA of his donor from Germany!

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  18. 6 Dec 2019

    David Ulmer is giving a talk on pears today at 6 pm

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  19. David Ulmer is giving a talk on pears for Sacramento chapter of California Rare Fruit Growers on December 6 at 6-8 pm. The meeting is at the Sacramento public library, 891 Watt Avenue, Sacramento 95864

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