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A honey bee heads for lupine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Loving the Lupine

March 9, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's a given: Honey bees love lupine. We watched them buzzing around a flower patch of blue (lupine) and gold (California poppies) today along Hopkins Road, University of California, Davis, west of the central campus. Those are Aggie colors: blue and gold.
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UC Rice Blog: Article

Stored Rice Insect Pest Management Workshop

March 9, 2015
By Luis Espino
Stored Product Insect Pest Management in Rice Mills and Storage Facilities Workshop Optimizing Insect Control and Grain Quality Sponsored by University of California Cooperative Extension and Lundberg Family Farms April 7, 2015 9:00 am 3:00 pm Lundberg Family Farms 5311 Midway Richvale, CA 95974 We...
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New directions for weed science

March 7, 2015
By Steven A Fennimore
There are few new herbicide active ingredients in the pipeline now. In the 1970s and 1980s several new active ingredients were introduced every year. There were lots of jobs in industry and weed science was the place to be. I myself was with ICI/Zeneca from 1983 to 1994 in their R&D group.
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Ventral view: a cabbage white butterfly sprayed pink. (Photo by Greg Kareofelas)
Bug Squad: Article

In the Pink?

March 6, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
He's never seen anything like it. A pink cabbage white butterfly? Pieris rapae are not pink--they're white Yet there it was, flying around Cypress Lane in West Davis around noon Thursday, March 15. It was sporting a new do, a strange pinkish/red hue.
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citrus greening
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Citrus Greening or Regreening?

March 6, 2015
By Ben A Faber
Huanglongbing or Citrus Greening caused by Asian Citrus Psyllid and its associated bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter A. causes misshapened fruit and causes the fruit to have a green portion on the skin. Hence the name citrus greening.
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asphyxiated avocado
Topics in Subtropics: Article

New UC IPM photo repository shows plant damage from herbicides

March 5, 2015
By Ben A Faber
UC Statewide IPM Program Identifying nontarget crop and ornamental plant damage from herbicides has become much easier with the launch of a new online photo repository by the Statewide IPM Program, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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A honey bee foraging on a redbud, Cercis canadensis, at the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Come for the Flowers, Stay for the Bugs

March 4, 2015
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're going to the UC Davis Arboretum Member Appreciation Plant Sale, set Saturday, March 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Arboretum Teaching Nursery on Garrod Drive, you'll be in plant heaven. You'll see drought-tolerant plants, plants perfect for your pollinators, and the Arboretum All-Stars.
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