Pest Management & Plant Health

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Multiple sizes of small, brown, oval-shaped insects on a nickel.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Tips for a Bed Bug-Free Holiday

November 20, 2023
By Lauren Fordyce
The holiday season is fast approaching! With many people traveling and visiting new places during this time, it's important to understand how to check for bed bugs and prevent them from coming home with you.
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Photo 1. Untreated Fleabane Plot, 42 days after application May 23, 2023.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Tree and vine fall weed management

November 19, 2023
By Mick M Canevari, Brent A Holtz
The 2023 post-harvest season is upon us and it's time to prep for your fall/winter weed control activities.
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UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal is ranked No. 22 among the world's top entomologists in the Stanford University-Elsevier "science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators."
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Alumnus and 10 Former or Current UC Davis Entomologists Make List of World's Top 2 Percent

November 16, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
One UC Davis doctoral alumnus and 10 current or former members of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology are listed as among the world's top two percent of entomologists in a database announced by Stanford University with data from Elsevier's science-wide author databases of standardiz...
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French evolutionary biologist Etienne GJ Danchin
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Etienne Danchin's Nematode Seminar: 'Parasitic Success in the Absence of Sex'

November 14, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
French evolutionary biologist Etienne GJ Danchin will present the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's next seminar on nematodes. Danchin will speak on "Parasitic Success in the Absence of Sex: What Have We Learned from Nematode Genomes?" at 4:10 p.m., Monday, Nov.
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A close up of narrow, long green leaves of a peach tree. Some leaves have curled and are red and distored from peach leaf curl.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Peach leaf curl spray timing

November 14, 2023
By Lauren Fordyce
Peach leaf curl is a fungal disease that only affects peach and nectarine trees. The fungus causes distorted, reddened leaves to appear on the tree in the spring.
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