Pest Management & Plant Health

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Visit the UC IPM Seasonal Landscape IPM Checklist for a list of pest prevention activities for each month.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

March Pest Prevention Tips

March 6, 2024
By Lauren Fordyce
Follow these general tips for the month of March to prevent pests in the garden and landscape. To view more tips specific to your region, visit the Seasonal Landscape IPM Checklist on the UC IPM website.
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Master's student Erika Escalona shows off her first-place poster presentation during the 2024 California Plant and Soil Conference, hosted by UC ANR in Fresno, Calif., recently.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Escalona shines at the 2024 California Plant and Soil Conference

February 23, 2024
By Gale Perez
Congratulations to UC Davis weed science graduate student Erika Escalona (Fennimore Lab) for winning 1st place in the student poster presentation category at the 2024 California Plant and Soil Conference on Feb. 6-7, 2024 in Fresno, CA.
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UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal is the recipient of the Academic Senate's three most coveted awards: research, teaching and public service awards. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Good Things Come in Threes

February 22, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Congratulations to UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, the recipient of the Academic Senate's highly competitive 2024 Distinguished Faculty Research Award. That makes three. Good things come in threes.
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A close up of two green pesticide bottles.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Protect Yourself from Pesticides

February 20, 2024
By Lauren Fordyce
If you've used disinfecting wipes to clean surfaces in your home, an herbicide to control weeds in your garden, or insect repellents while on a hike, then you have used a pesticide.
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Rice (photo: Brad Hooker)
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

New Herbicide Registered in California Rice for 2024: Cliffhanger™

February 18, 2024
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
California rice growers will have a new herbicide available this year: Cliffhanger, manufactured by Gowan Company. The active ingredient is benzobicyclon, which is the same as one of the two active ingredients in the currently registered herbicide, Butte.
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Deniz Inci, Ph.D. Candidate, Weed Science Program, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Deniz Inci, WSSA graduate student of the month

February 15, 2024
By Gale Perez
From the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) Graduate Student Organization newsletter (Feb. 2024) * * * * * * Graduate Student of the Month Deniz Inci, Ph.D. Candidate with the Al-Khatib Lab at UC Davis, is the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) graduate student of the month.
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