- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
Benning Le, a MS student from the Choe laboratory successfully defended his MS thesis today (March 9, 2022). Benning's thesis research was on the development and laboratory / field testing of boric acid hydrogel bait targeting Argentine ant populations in agricultural settings. Benning is one of the students who went through our department's new graduate program, the combined BS+MS (4+1) program.
Congrats, Benning!
For more information regarding the UCR Entomology's combined BS+MS program, please click here.
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Mark Dery in Choe lab has successfully defended his PhD on December 1, 2021. Now it is official, Dr. Dery!
Mark's PhD dissertation title is:
"Wash-Off Potential of Pyrethroids After Use of Total Release Foggers and the Chemical Ecology of Bed Bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicidae)".
Congratulations!!
- Author: Dong Hwan Choe
UCR Fumigation School was successfully held on Oct 27-28, 2021 at Kellogg West Conference Center (Pomona, CA). We had over 70 participants for the event from pest management industry and other related fields serving in pest management. Here are some photos from the event.
To find more about the UCR Fumigation School and 2021 program, visit HERE.
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Our research on Argentine ant IPM was published in August 2021 issue of Journal of Economic Entomology (JEE).
Choe, D.-H., J.-W. Tay, K. Campbell, H. Park, L. Greenberg, and M. K. Rust. 2021. Development and demonstration of low-impact IPM strategy to control Argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in urban residential settings. J. Econ. Entomol. 114: 1752–1757.
In addition, the photo showing a pair of Argentine ant workers feeding on a biodegradable hydrogel bait (made form alginate compound) was selected as the cover page for August 2021 issue of JEE. The biodegradable hydrogel bait with boric acid as the active ingredient was incorporated as the maintenance treatment option for the study.
To find more about the research, please visit here to access the full research article.
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- Author: Dong-Hwan Choe
30th Annual UCR Urban Pest Management Conference was held online between March 22 - 24, 2021. The event had more than 110 attendees from many different areas of California and other parts of the US. Also, this year we had several participants from oversees!
You can find this year's conference program by following the link: HERE
UCR Urban Pest Management Conference (UPMC) has been UCR urban entomology program's one of the most important outreach events for professionals in the pest control management industry and the public interested in these questions.
Here are some screenshots from the conference this year.
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