Pest Management & Plant Health

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Carpenter ant. [Photo courtesy of pestworld.org]
Community Pest News: Article

Ants Attack! Part 2

February 14, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
As written in my blog post from 2 days ago, I found carpenter ants in my house recently and decided to call a pest control company to help manage them.
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A retail shelf showing various pesticide containers. (Credit: Cheryl A. Reynolds)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

What Do These Pesticide Terms Mean?

February 14, 2019
[Originally published as Pesticide Briefs: What Do These Terms Mean? in the Fall 2018 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM News.] Last summer, we defined what a pesticide is and gave a few examples.
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Field Bindweed
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

A Valentine's Day Blog Post: Weeds With Pretty Names (Re-Posted)

February 14, 2019
You just KNOW that some plants are considered weeds. Their common names give them away. They sound awful. Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). Ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus). Devil's claw (Proboscidea lutea). Smellmelon (Cucumis melo). Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis).
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Palmer amaranth, a fast growing summer annual weed, along the edge of a corn field
Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

A Valentine's Day Blog Post: Weeds With Pretty Names

February 14, 2019
You just KNOW that some plants are considered weeds. Their common names give them away. They sound awful. Giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum). Ripgut brome (Bromus diandrus). Devil's claw (Proboscidea lutea). Smellmelon (Cucumis melo). Itchgrass (Rottboellia cochinchinensis).
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A six-foot-long mosaic and ceramic sculpture, Miss Beehaven, anchors the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven. It is the work of Donna Billick of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

See Bugs, Bees and Nematodes on UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

February 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's going to be a long weekend, but it's a short one when you consider all the things you can do and see at the eighth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 16. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your camera.
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Tsete fly. (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)

Medical Entomologist Geoffrey Attardo: In the News

February 12, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Tsetse fly expert Geoffrey Attardo, a medical entomologist and assistant professor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is featured in a New York Times' article today (Feb. 12) on tsetse flies.
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Close-up of a gravid tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans). (Photo by Geoffrey Attardo)
Bug Squad: Article

Tsetse Flies: Who Knew?

February 12, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Did you read the article in today's New York Times about tsetse flies and the scientists who research them? Totally fascinating.
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vegetables
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Spring Vegetable Gardening Class a Success!

February 11, 2019
By Anne E Schellman
On Thursday, February 7, the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Stanislaus County Master Gardeners held their very first class. The topic was spring vegetable gardening.
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Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab,

Of Fruit Flies and Photoperiodic Time Measurement

February 11, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Postdoctoral scientist Antoine Brieux of the Joanna Chiu lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will speak on "Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Photoperiodic Time Measurement in Drosophila melanogaster" at the next departmental seminar.
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