- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
![Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are found in several Fresno County neighborhoods. They are the target of novel control efforts.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/anrnews/blogfiles/36804small.jpg)
UC entomologist Anton Cornel, based at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, is working with the Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District in Fresno County to battle Aedes aegypti mosquitos, the species that can spread zika, chikungunya, dengue and yellow fever viruses, reported Barbara Anderson in the Fresno Bee.
(While populations of aedes aegypti have been found in California, the diseases have not.)
Cornel said officials...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
![Aedes aegypti mosquito perched on a scientist's finger. (Photo: Jodi Holeman, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District.)](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/anrnews/blogfiles/23913small.jpg)
UC researcher Anton Cornel, based at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier and affiliated with UC Davis, is conducting research aimed at eradicating Aedes Agypti mosquitos, a type of mosquito that is new to the state of California, reported Sasha Khokha on The California Report.
The mosquitos - which can transmit dengue fever, yellow fever and chikungunya - were found in Clovis, Madera and San Mateo last year. Cornel has deployed 146 traps provided by the Centers for Disease Control in a Clovis neighborhood to see if they will knock down...
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
The popular morning television program "Great Day," which airs daily on KMPH Channel 26 in Fresno, featured the work of scientists at the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in six live segments during the five-hour program this morning.
Reporter Clayton Clark and photographer Ryan Hudgins arrived at the Kearney greenhouse at 4:30 a.m. to interview the scientists helping California farmers feed the nation and world sustainably.
See clips of the interviews in the one-minute video below:
Segments included:
- An overview of research...