- Author: Cheryl Reynolds
The UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) put together a 26-page card set in English and Spanish on understanding pesticide labels. Intended for pesticide handlers, applicators, safety trainers, and pest control advisers (PCAs), the cards explain when to read the label, describe what kind of information can be found in each section of a pesticide label, and point out specific instruction areas so that applicators can apply pesticides safely and avoid illegal pesticide residues.
Traces of pesticide residue are normal and even expected after pesticides are applied to food crops, but by the time produce is ready to be sold,...
- Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas
- Author: Missy Gable
Conenose or ‘kissing bugs' (Triatoma spp.) have received a good deal of press from CBS Sacramento and other media outlets in recent weeks. Although not a new insect to California or the U.S., we thought readers might benefit from some guidance and information on these bugs in case one should encounter these seldom seen insects.
Conenose bugs can vector a protozoan, Trypanosoma cruzi, that causes Chagas disease in humans. While conenose bugs do bite humans, the protozoan is transmitted via the bug's feces, rather than through bites.
Conenose bugs are in the...
The University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), a statewide program with local development and delivery is seeking a Director to assume leadership for its Western Integrated Pest Management Center (WIPMC) within the UC Statewide IPM Program.
The Director will provide overall leadership of WIPMC, with responsibility for its successful management and operations, including supervision of all WIPMC staff. The Director will collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to identify regional IPM objectives and formulate strategies to address important IPM issues. The Director will communicate with the WIPMC Advisory...
- Author: Jeanette Warnart
From the UCANR NEWS BLOG
Coyotes are much more abundant now in urban areas of Southern California than they have ever been before, reported the Long Beach Business Journal. For the story, the Journal interviewed UC Agriculture and Natural Resources emeritus Cooperative Extension specialist Bob Timm in their Long Beach offices.
Timm, who served as director of the UC Hopland Research and Extension...
Recent Updates on ACP/HLB from the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program:
Asian Citrus Psyllid Find in Madera County
An Asian Citrus Psyllid has been found in the Bonadelle Ranchos area of Madera County. It was a single insect collected on a sticky trap. The find will result in an expansion of the ACP quarantine in both Madera and Fresno counties. Further details regarding the quarantine will be released soon. Fortunately, this is an area with little commercial citrus. Please contact Fresno County Grower Liaison Sylvie Robillard, or your County Agricultural Commissioner's office, with any questions.
ACP quarantine in Northern San Mateo County, Including Portion of San Francisco...