Ongoing research

It's Saturday night, July 18--or soon will be. Do you know where your moths are? It so happens that July 18 marks the beginning of National Moth Week, and that event has not gone unnoticed by the Bohart Museum of Entomology.

Many growers seem like they will never win the never ending battle with ants, they're everywhere! Conversely, ants travel through soil and help loosen it improving quality, allowing water, air, and nutrients to flow freely through it.

It's never too early to think about the pollinators.

Statewide IPM Program staff members work closely with area IPM advisors, farm advisors, specialists, and researchers to develop educational programs that reflect the newest advances in pest management. These online courses are FREE.

Boys will be boys! Especially on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). It's a favorite of Melissodes and Svastra sunflower bees. The males get downright defensive and aggressive when it comes to protecting their turf and seeking the females of their species.

On June 24, 2015, staff of the Napa County Agricultural Commissioner found one male Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer in a pheromone-baited trap in a vineyard on Tubbs Lane in Calistoga. UCCE Advisors Lucia Varela and Monica Cooper developed a "Monitoring Guide for Western Grapeleaf…

There's a "me" in mead. And now you have a chance not only to meet your (mead) maker but learn how to make a small batch of mead. The UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center wants you to know that.

The Citrus Research Board in conjunction with the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) held their annual grower seminar on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Palm Desert Center.

Vineyard Herbicide Trial Field Meeting Date: July 21, 2015 Time: 9:00 am 10:30 am Location: Muller Ranch Vineyards 34998 County Road 18, Woodland, CA 95695 UC Cooperative Extension Weed Science Advisor, John Roncoroni will show and discuss the in-field results of an herbicide trial and the options...

In the past two weeks we saw very high armyworm populations in rice. Many fields had to be treated. However, the pyrethroids, common insecticides used against armyworms, did not provide good control. Applications of carbaryl did not reduce populations either.