Pest Management & Plant Health

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Backyard garden.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

New Resource: Home & Garden Pest Newsletter

November 19, 2021
UC IPM's Urban & Community program has a new newsletter! The Home & Garden Pest Newsletter (which replaces the Retail Nursery & Garden Center IPM News) is designed to help provide California residents with the latest pest information from the University of California.
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A horizontal twig with white fluff suspended on it.
The Backyard Gardener: Article

Woolly Apple Aphid

November 17, 2021
Each fall my Gravenstein apple gets a small patch of fluffy exudate on the bark at the base of the tree. These are caused by woolly apple aphids, Eriosoma lanigerum. I hose them off with a jet of water which is usually the end of the problem.
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Seeds of Joy 1
UCCE Master Gardeners of San Bernardino County Blogs: Article

Now is your chance! Become a UCCE Master Gardener Volunteer!

November 15, 2021
By Janet S Hartin
o you want to help residents of San Bernardino County garden and landscape more sustainably; grow food in home, school, and community gardens; and improve the health of our communities?
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A potato bug, aka Jerusalem cricket, at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

One Potato, Two Potato, Three Potato...Four

November 12, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
One potato, two potato, three potato...four... Well, make that "one potato bug, two potato bugs, three potato bugs...four." The potato bug, also known as a Jerusalem cricket, seems to be everywhere in the Bay Area after the heavy rains.
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A patch of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) in a field in Intercourse, PA. (Photo by Derek Ramsey, courtesy of Wikipedia)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Gabriel Zilnik: 'Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research: Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning'

November 11, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Gabriel Zilnik, a researcher at USDA's Agricultural Research Service, in Wapato, Wash. will be the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's next speaker. He'll deliver a virtual seminar on "Temperate Tree Fruit and Vegetable Research: Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning" at 4:10 p.m.
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Postdoctoral scholar Fatemeh Ganjisaffar of the Frank Zalom lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will show these images in her presentation.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Seminar on Fruit Fly Research: Addressing an Evolving Invasive Species Crisis

November 9, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral scholar Fatemeh Ganjisaffar of the Frank Zalom lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present a virtual seminar on Wednesday, Nov. 10 on "Addressing an Evolving Invasive Species Crisis: Insecticide Resistance Management and Behavioral Control of Drosophila suzukii.
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