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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Haunted Halloween Hunt

October 26, 2021
It's spooky season and we wanted to share a few of our favorite Halloween horror themed pests you may see now, or at other times of the year.
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Close up image of several winged subterranean termites on a plant seed in dirt.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Swarming Termites Looking for Love

October 21, 2021
By Andrew M Sutherland
It's that time of year again: termite swarm season! Western subterranean termites, Reticulitermes hesperus (species complex), produce reproductive swarms during calm sunny periods immediately following the first autumn rains.
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Tomato plant with herbicide injury
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Root inhibiting herbicide injury on processing tomatoes

October 17, 2021
By Gale Perez
Root-inhibiting herbicides (like pendimethalin or trifluralin) are soil-applied and pre-plant incorporated as a standard practice for conventional processing tomatoes in the Sacramento Valley.
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Entomologist Elvira Lange utilizing a drone. Agricultural drones, she said, are "highly versatile and have great commercial potential."
Bug Squad: Article

Outstanding Research Paper on Agricultural Drones Wins Editors' Choice Award

October 14, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Winning an Editors' Choice Award was a milestone for an international research team, including UC Davis entomologist Elvira de Lange. De Lange assembled a project team that wrote a research paper on the agricultural use of drones, published last February in the Journal of Economic Entomology (JEE).
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Frank Zalom, shown here by an almond tree, directed the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program for 16 years, 1986-2002. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

‘Entomological Giant’ Frank Zalom Named ESA Honorary Member

October 13, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis distinguished professor Frank Zalom, a noted integrated pest management (IPM) specialist and a past president of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), is a newly elected Honorary Member of the ESA, an honor bestowed for his long-term dedication and extraordinary contributions to the 7...
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Jason Bond,professor of entomology and the Evert and Marion Schlinger endowed chair in insect systematics, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is a newly selected co-editor-in-chief of the journal Insect Systematics and Diversity (ISD), published by the Entomological Society of America (ESA). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Congrats to UC Davis Professor Jason Bond: Co-Editor-In-Chief of an ESA Journal

October 12, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of California, Davis, is in the news today, and what wonderful, exciting news! Jason Bond, UC Davis professor of entomology and the Evert and Marion Schlinger endowed chair in insect systematics is a newly selected co-editor-in-chief of t...
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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Webinars Now on YouTube

October 12, 2021
We are pleased to announce our new YouTube playlist for the Urban & Community IPM Webinars.
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