Pest Management & Plant Health

Upcoming UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month live talks and demonstrations include: Asian giant hornets (aka "murder hornets"): 1 to 2 p.m., Thursday, Feb.

If you missed the UC Ag Experts Talk on... Current Challenges for Avocado Weed Management Sonia Rios, UC Cooperative Extension Area Subtropical Horticultural Advisor, Riverside County the recording is now available: https://youtu.be/7zFFeJWGvyE. UC Ag Experts Talk website: https://ucanr.

February is a month where we celebrate and acknowledge many things: Black History Month, Valentine's Day, Groundhog Day, President's Day, and others.

Want to learn about "murder hornets?" Entomologists cringe every time someone substitutes the moniker, "murder hornet," for the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia.

Recently, one of our Master Gardeners wrote an article called Planning and Prepping Your Spring Garden. We hope you found these tips helpful, and would like to offer more help.

Best Management Practices for Non-Chemical Weed Control This manual provides comprehensive descriptions of 21 commonly used non-chemical weed control techniques and of biological control agents for 18 weed species/species groups that will help you as a practitioner treat weeds more effectively.

Research scientist and lecturer Brian Weiss of Yale University's Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, New Haven, Conn., will speak on "Metabolic Complementation Between Members of the Tsetse Fly Holobiont" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar, set for 4:10 p.m.

Do you know what a nematode is? That's a question that nematologists are frequently asked.

News Releases from US EPA Region 10 - February 9, 2021 The Seattle office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has issued a stop sale order to Amazon.

Nematodes, butterflies, moths, arachnids, millipedes, and how to collect, preserve and identify insects are among the topics of videos showcased on the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Month website. As of Feb.