Pest Management & Plant Health

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Learning about gardening may help make your life feel more balanced.(Pixabay)
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

2020 Spring and Summer Online Workshops Planned!

May 1, 2020
By Anne E Schellman
Although we can't see you at the local Farmers Market, our Harvest Hall location, or meet with you at the Stanislaus County Fair this year, we want you to know that we have an online presence and are still offering free classes! Spring Container Vegetable Gardening Class-available now! Thanks to tho...
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Back yard before reducing meadow 2018
Spill the Beans: Article

Heirloom Tomatoes and Soil Pathogens

April 29, 2020
by Rainer Hoenicke Editor's note: Master Gardeners are keeping busy in their own gardens during Napa County's Shelter in Place directive.
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Training video--Weed identification
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Training video :: Weed Identification

April 26, 2020
By Gale Perez
Here's part 3 of our training videos: Weed Identification. We've broken it up into three smaller parts for easier viewing.
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Yellow nutsedge growing through a shallow layer of mulch.<br>(Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

April Gardening Tips: Weeding

April 24, 2020
As you practice social distancing during COVID-19, you may find yourself spending more time in the garden. As we move into nice weather, we are sharing a few gardening tips for pest management. Manage weeds using nonchemical methods such as cultivation, handweeding, or mowing.
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Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick doing field work in Denmark before the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic precautions.
Bug Squad: Article

Emily Bick's AAUW Grant: Targeting the Lygus Bug

April 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Watch out, lygus bugs! Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick is targeting you. Lygus hesperus, a serious pest of strawberries--as well as cotton, and seed crops such as alfalfa--causes an estimated $40 million in annual losses to California's strawberry industry.
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Forget-me-not flowers.(Heidi Aufdermaur)
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

To weed or not to weed...that is the question!

April 23, 2020
By Anne E Schellman
During this time sheltering in place, I've had more time to be in the garden weeding. This got me thinking, what exactly is a weed? The Master Garden handbook defines a weed as a plant growing where it is not wanted.
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Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick doing field work in Denmark before the lockdown.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Emily Bick Receives AAUW American Publishing Grant

April 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick, who received her doctorate in entomology last year from UC Davis and is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen, is a newly selected recipient of an American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Publishing Grant.
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Powdery mildew damage on tomato leaves. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

April Gardening Tips: Powdery Mildew

April 23, 2020
As you practice social distancing during COVID-19, you may find yourself spending more time in the garden. As we move into nice weather, we are sharing a few gardening tips for pest management. Check for signs of powdery mildew on fruit trees, landscape ornamentals, and vegetables.
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People who work on farms wear personal protective equipment to protect themselves from COVID-19, pesticides, dust and other health hazards. People who work on farms wear personal protective equipment to protect themselves from COVID-19, pesticides, dust and other health hazards.
UC Rice Blog: Article

PPE in short supply for farm work during the COVID-19 crisis

April 22, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.
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