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CORVALLIS â If you canât garden, why not read about it? Books bring us comfort when the gloomy weather of winter is upon us. Even gardeners who love winter enjoy a good read.
Add a fire and a cup of tea and relax with one of these books recommended by Extension Service horticulturists. There is something for every reader â a memoir by Hope Jahren tells the story of two scientists and their love for trees; and Extensionâs popular âTrees to Know in Oregon and Washingtonâ is heavy with photos of both coniferous and deciduous trees.
Check with your local library or bookstores, or find them online.
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The state Department of Agriculture last week classified chlorpyrifos as a restricted use pesticide.
Chlorpyrifos is used to control a broad spectrum of insects in more than 50 crops statewide, but studies showed it may have harmful neurological effects.
Growers say alternatives are urgently needed, but research could take one to five years per pest per crop, followed by a years-long registration process â and researchers say the state isnât supporting them with sufficient funding.
âComing up with new modes of action has gotten harder and harder,â said Ian Grettenberger, an entomologist at the University of California-Davis Cooperative Extension.
Grettenberger received a grant when Californiaâs Legislature, after voting last year to take away chlorpyrifos, invested millions of dollars in researching alternatives.
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