Pest Management & Plant Health

Doctoral candidates Danielle Rutkowski and Zachary Griebenow of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology won the President's Prize or first-place honors for their individual research presentations at the 2022 Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of America, Canada, and British Co...

In 2022, I estimate rice acreage in the Delta, south of the Yolo Bypass, was at least 8,000 acres. Most Delta rice is grown in San Joaquin County, but there is some acreage in Sacramento County.

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With many people thinking about turkey this time of year, we thought we would provide some interesting facts about wild turkeys for you to share during your holiday gatherings! Turkeys are not native to California but were introduced by European settlers.

"In 1973 Dr. David Gibby of the Washington State University Extension Center started a program to meet the demand for urban horticulture and gardening advice, which has since expanded to all 50 states and 8 Canadian provinces.

The UC Davis Entomology Games Team edged out Alabama's Auburn University 75 to 70 to win the national championship at the Entomological Society of America's Entomology Games, waged Tuesday night, Nov. 15 at the ESA meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.

This year, I received a variety of questions from livestock owners in the region. All of the weeds I mention here were of concern to owners managing smaller (less than 20 ac) properties in Fresno and Madera Counties, impacting multiple kinds of livestock horses, sheep, and cattle.

Assistant professor Cynthia Gleason of the Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, will speak on "How Do We Help Potato Growers Combat the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne chitwoodi?" at the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar.

Just before you enter the Bohart Museum of Entomology (located in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building at 455 Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus), the hallway display of monarch butterfly images will grab your attention.

Update, Nov. 13: The UC Davis team defeated the team from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in the preliminaries. Next step: the finals on Tuesday, Nov. 15 Let The Games begin! The award-winning UC Davis Entomology Games Team is gearing up for the national competition.