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New research published in PNAS (Fusco et al 2019) highlights the role of invasive grasses in creating new wildfire regimes at not just local but regional scales.

Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside Advances in molecular tools already have led to the development of large numbers of genetic markers distributed across the avocado genome.

We're excited to let you know that we've launched the new, mobile-friendly format of the Pest Management Guidelines: Avocado! Please note that the content of the Pest Management Guidelines (PMGs) has not changed. The design has been changed to be more compatible with mobile devices.

This content was developed by the Western Center for Agricultural Health and Safety at UC Davis. For more information and to access their wildfire training materials, visit their wildfire training page: https://aghealth.ucdavis.

Passion fruit is widely grown and valued throughout the tropics and subtropics. Most Passifloras are vines which can climb to 20 or 30 feet. The fruit varies in color from purple to yellow-orange and in shape from an egg to a tennis ball.