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UC IPM Celebrating 40 Years
Published on: July 1, 2019
UC IPM Staff in 2018 (Credit: Marty Martino)
UC IPM Staff in 2018 (Credit: Marty Martino)
The University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Established July 1, 1979 with funding from the California Legislature, UC IPM built upon a growing movement to reduce dependence on pesticides. Drawing on expertise across the University of California system, UC IPM...
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Tags: anniversary (1), California (31), cooperative extension (2), integrated pest management (43), management (67), pest management (136), UC IPM (373)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Natural Resources, Pest Management, Yard & Garden
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Reduce Soil Pests with Sunlight
Published on: June 3, 2019
Clear plastic is laid over planting beds to elevate soil temperatures. (Credit: K Windbiel-Rojas)
Clear plastic is laid over planting beds to elevate soil temperatures. (Credit: K Windbiel-Rojas)

Soil solarization is a method home gardeners and farmers can use to manage soilborne pests such as weeds, disease pathogens, nematodes and insects. Solarization can reduce help reduce pesticides used to control these pests.

Soil solarization is simple: prepare the site, water it a bit, then cover the soil with clear plastic for an extended period of time to allow the sun to heat the soil to temperatures lethal to a wide range of pests.

Learn more about this process in our recently updated Pest Notes: Soil Solarization for Gardens & Landscapes, by authors Jim...

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Tags: control (64), disease (52), garden (57), heat (1), IPM (120), management (67), pest management (136), Pest Notes (118), pests (73), soil (3), solarization (2), Stapleton (2), UC IPM (373), weeds (38)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Pest Management, Yard & Garden
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Insect Pests on Citrus Trees
Published on: February 28, 2019
Three brown mottled Asian citrus psyllid adults feed on young citrus leafs alongside their small yellow orange eggs.
Asian citrus psyllid adult and eggs on young citrus leaves.
(Credit: M. Lewis, CISR)

[This post has been modified from the article originally published in the Fall 2018 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM News.]

Citrus trees remain a popular choice for home gardeners in California, largely due to their ease of care, beauty, and functionality for food and shade. However, backyard citrus can also be plagued by pests such as psyllids, leafminers, cottony cushion scale, and mealybugs.

Longtime readers of this blog will know that we have covered the

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Tags: ants (18), Asian citrus psylld (14), biological control (8), citrus (19), citrus leafminer (1), cottony cushion scale (3), Grafton-Cardwell (13), mealybugs (7), pest (177), pest management (136), UC IPM (373)
Focus Area Tags: Agriculture, Food, Pest Management, Yard & Garden
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