Pest Management & Plant Health

Licensing for perimeter spraying under California's pest control laws is dependent on the situation and site (Table 1).

Ecological pest management specialist Hanna Kahl, who recently received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis, studying with UC Davis distinguished professor Jay Rosenheim, will present her exit seminar on Herbivory of Citrus Fruit by European Earwigs in California on Wednesday, Sept. 29.

If you grow citrus, you've probably been introduced to the introduced European earwig, Forficula auricularia, the most common of the earwig species infesting the fruit here in California.

Attached are the position descriptions for our County Ag. Tech position. Please help spread the word so we get a good pool of applicants. Thanks!!!! This position is with the County of Mendocino and below is how someone would apply if interested.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Advisory recently in response to increased reports of illness associated with products containing the pesticide ivermectin.

To register, go to the Western Alfalfa & Forage Symposium webpage.

Ever seen a green metallic sweat bee? The colors are exquisite. This is a female Agapostemon on a purple coneflower at UC Davis. They are called "sweat bees" because they are attracted to human perspiration. The genders are easy to distinguish. The males have a striped abdomen.

The California Rice Field Day is back! The annual event, sponsored by the California Cooperative Rice Research Foundation and the California Rice Board, returned to in-person status on August 25, 2021 after being held virtually in 2020.

One of the most troublesome and difficult to control insect pests of ripe peaches, nectarines and figs is the dried fruit beetle, sometimes called the sap beetle. The pest is common this time of the year, feeding at the stem end of peaches and nectarines, causing the fruit to drop to the ground.

Est preocupado por un sntoma de enfermedad en su campo pero no sabe cul es? Necesita ayuda para diagnosticar un sntoma? Por qu es importante tener una identificacin adecuada de las enfermedades de las plantas?