How UC ANR is making a difference for Californians
- Author: Siavash Taravati
Published on: July 2, 2020
RIFA workers collected from the school
Red imported fire ant (RIFA) control routine guidelines adopted by Los Angeles County school , protecting 500 school students from stings and contributing to improved community health and wellness.
The Issue
Condition Change:
Improved community health and wellness
Strategic Initiative:
Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases
Public Value:
UCANR: Promoting healthy people and communities
Tags: ants (1), Healthy Families and Communities (1), integrated pest management (3), Pest Management/Diseases (1), schools (1)
Comments: 1
- Author: Surendra K. Dara
Published on: January 13, 2020
Surendra Dara's IPM outreach within and outside the United States at various grower and professional meetings.
UC ANR Cooperative Extension Advisor Surendra Dara's new IPM model is considered a practical and sustainable approach by educators and practitioners around the world, with an estimated benefit of $33.5 million from improved returns or savings.
The Issue
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a concept of pest management in an ecologically sustainable manner. Although IPM implementation has been promoted for decades and many farms apply IPM practices to some extent there are certain deficiencies in the understanding of IPM and its components and finding non-chemical management options or exploiting cultural practices to...
Condition Changes:
Strategic Initiative:
Sustainable Food Systems
Public Value:
UCANR: Promoting economic prosperity in California
Tags: Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases (1), Integrated Pest Management (3), IPM (1), IPM outreach (2)
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- Author: David Haviland
- Author: Jhalendra Rijal
- Author: Emily Symmes
Published on: June 28, 2019
Entomology Advisor David Haviland discusses mating disruption at an educational tour stop sponsored by the University of California
As a result of UC ANR's Almond Pest Management Alliance Project, use of mating disruption as an ecologically sustainable pest management practice tripled over two years by growers and pest control advisers who influence over 400,000 acres of almonds in the San Joaquin Valley.
The Issue
Navel orangeworm is the single most important pest of more than 1.3 million acres of almonds in California. It feeds exclusively on almond kernels, rendering them unmarketable. Larvae are also associated with Aspergillus sp. fungi which can produce aflatoxin contamination of...
Condition Changes:
Strategic Initiative:
Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases
Public Value:
UCANR: Promoting economic prosperity in California
Tags: almonds (1), integrated pest management (3), mating disruption (1), navel orangeworm (1), sustainability (1), UC IPM (1)
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