Pest Management & Plant Health

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A retail shelf showing various pesticide containers. (Photo: Cheryl A. Reynolds)
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Amazon Fined for Selling Illegal Pesticides

March 8, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
Online marketplace Amazon.com was recently fined $1.2 million by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) for selling and distributing pesticides not registered for sale in the U.S. The EPA discovered nearly 4,000 violations dating back to 2013.
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Female sweat bees, Halictus ligatus, on goldenrod at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Unforeseen Trophic Interactions in Ag Systems: What-Eats-What in the Food Chain

March 6, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Trophic interactions--or what-eats-what in the food chain or food web of a given ecosystem--will come to life Wednesday, March 7 when associate professor of entomology/Extension specialist John Tooker of Pennsylvania State University discusses "Unforeseen Trophic Interactions in Agricultural and Nat...
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor

March 6, 2018
My name is Lynn Sosnoskie and I recently joined the University of California Cooperative Extension Team as a Agronomy and Weed Science Advisor for Merced and Madera Counties based out of the Merced office. About me. I grew up in a small coal mining town in central Pennsylvania.
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Fig 1. The margin of a mole mound tends to be circular. (Credit: Larry A. Strand)

What Made That Mound - a Gopher or a Mole?

March 5, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
Finding freshly dug mounds of soil in the garden, lawn, or landscape might be a sign of gophers or moles. Their mounds look similar and are frequently confused for each other. Figure 1 shows a mole mound, which usually is volano-shaped with a circular margin.
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UC Davis Professor Jay Rosenheim teaching a class in the Lab Sciences Building. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Professor Jay Rosenheim Explains Why War on Cancer Is Winnable

March 2, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
DAVISUC Davis Professor Jay Rosenheim researches, lectures, and publishes his work on predator-prey interactions, but he's now targeting another kind of predator: an insidious foe that can be as stealthy and powerful as it is terrifying. A six-letter word: Cancer.
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Rick Melnicoe
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Rick Melnicoe

February 28, 2018
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Rick Melnicoe, former director of the Western Integrated Pest Management Center, died from lung cancer on Feb. 22.
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Asian citrus psyllid adult and nymphs. [Credit: ME Rogers]
Community Pest News: Article

Asian Citrus Psyllid in Solano County

February 27, 2018
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Recently I was asked whether the Asian citrus psyllid has been detected in Solano County. Since I wasn't sure, I thought I'd share the news of what I found out. Please see the notice below from the Solano County Agricultural Commissioner from December 2016.
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Larva and adult furniture carpet beetles. [Credit: D-H Choe]

Top 20 Pest Notes of 2017

February 27, 2018
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas, Anne E Schellman
Pests have popularity contests too. We recently looked at how many visits our popular Pest Notes publication series received in 2017.
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UC Davis diagnostic parasitologist Lauren Camp wears a papier mache nematode hat, modeled after a hookworm mouth. At left is nematologist Chris Pagan, a graduate student in entomology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Spotlight on Nematodes

February 22, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Quick question: What was diagnostic parasitologist Lauren Camp of the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital wearing on her head as she talked about the nematode collection last Saturday at the seventh annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day?
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