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A bee carrying a pink flower petal flies towards a hole (nest) in a plant stem. Credit: Krystle Hickman, UC IPM.
Giving Day and UC IPM logo with a orange poppy flower in the background.
Fruit bin full of harvested navel oranges.
Strawberries being grown in a field overlooking the ocean.
A bee sits in the middle of a squash flower looking mighty cute! Credit: Krystle Hickman, UC IPM
A large field of young, healthy-looking carrot plants with palm trees in the background. Credit: R. Michael Davis.
Dark mottling and spots all over the surface of green avocado fruit caused by persea mite. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
A lygus bug sits with antennae facing forward on yellow flowers against a yellow and dark green background. Credit: Krystle Hickman, UC IPM.
A leaf showing fifth instar western grapeleaf skeletonizers chewing all the way through grape leaf leaving only the larger veins.
A worker Argentine ant has captured an adult parasitoid wasp that it will kill to protect nymphs of Asian citrus psyllid.
Aphid mama with several aphid babies on a stem
UC IPM logo on a blue sky background with clouds. The words Save the Date are above. Below the UC IPM logo is the Giving Tuesday logo on the left.
Pale yellow broomrape plants devoid of chlorophyll emerging from the soil at the base of a green tomato plant.
People using shovels to dig out invasive weeds. 2023 California Invasive Species Action Week June 3 to 11. The CISAW logo.
A bronzy adult Pacific flatheaded borer hangs out on a tree branch. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark.
Two hands hold a branch that shows the asymmetrical yellow mottling of green leaves and odd shape and half green half yellow color of a fruit.
A hand with all fingers curled except the thumb pointing upwards giving y’all a thumbs up. Giving Day logo in the forefront.
a hand extended with an apple in the palm. Giving day logo with UC IPM logo & Giving Day University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Ants tending a mealybug colony in between two green grapes. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Several round, red tomatoes on a plant in field with many rows of tomato plants. White buildings are in the background and the sky is cloudy.
Deer mouse looking into the camera with brown and white fuzzy body and pink feet. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Citrus mealybugs. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Almost ripe lemons, light yellow with a hint of green, and flowers on a tree with Citrus Research Board Webinar Series logo. Credit: Petr Kosina, UC I
Water gushing from a pipe into an irrigation ditch between a field with a green low growing crop to the left and a road to the right.
Worker ant tending the nymphs of the Asian citrus psyllid. Credit: Beth Grafton-Cardwell, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside.
A person filling a large tank with water while wearing chemical-resistant gloves, coveralls, and other personal protective equipment.
Many strawberry beds with flowers, green fruit, and red ripe fruit on white plastic mulch. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark
Adult brown marmorated stink bug. Credit: Karey Windbiel-Rojas, UC IPM.
Adult mottled dark and light Asian citrus psyllid on a green leaf. The psyllid's head is flush against the leaf while the abdomen is pointed upward
Hands holding the end of a citrus tree branch with leaves and fruit. The leaves are green with asymmetrical yellow mottling. The one fruit is oddly sh
Young staked avocado tree with six nearby weeds. Black irrigation tube runs along the row with a drip emitter near the tree trunk. Credit: David Rosen
Two oranges with ring scars caused by citrus thrips feeding. Credit: David Rosen.
Thank you Wednesday with UC IPM logo and mission: Making ecosystem based integrated pest management the way Californians manage pests
Medium-sized citrus tree with a very tall citrus tree in the background of an orchard. Credit: David Rosen.
Together we Give. Giving Tuesday. December 1, 2020
Field of young broccoli with Pigeon Point lighthouse in the background. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Flyer with a photo of El-kereamy outside in front of a citrus tree holding out a branch with green leaves and fruit. The flyer text: Wednesday Novembe
A furry mole with a pink nose peeking out from the soil showing their large front digging claws. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM>
Some of the UC IPM staff during a monthly staff meeting via Zoom. We appear in a 4 by 5 grid showcasing our Star Wars gear of Leia buns & light sabers
Rows of young lettuce plants on a slightly foggy day. Credit: Petr Kosina, UC IPM.
The back of an air blast sprayer spraying between the rows in a nut orchard. Credit: Cheryl A. Reynolds, UC IPM.
Adult shiny black South American palm weevil crawling on a green plant stem. Credit: Michael Lewis, Center for Invasive Species Research, University o
Copious webbing from webspinning mites covering leaves and branch. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
A field of red, yellow, and white ranunculus flowers in full bloom with an urban development in background in San Diego County. Credit: Jack Kelly Cla
Close up of flowerhead with green grass in the background. Available under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license
Looking downstream at a small natural creek with green vegetation and trees on both sides. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Row of iceberg lettuce with an infected plant in the center showing a mottling pattern on leaves. Credit: Dennis Hall.
Grape mealybug nymphs and white wax on a cluster of grapes. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
A group of white citrus flowers at full bloom stage with young fruit just starting on a backdrop of dark green leaves. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IP
Cover crop of annual ryegrass planted in avocado row middles to control weeds and dust and favor beneficial insects. Credit: David Rosen.
Close-up underneath of the head and thorax of a broadwinged katydid adult peeking through a chewed leaf. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Adult predatory mite, feeding on a citrus thrips nymph. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Left hand holding the first leaflet and right hand holding the terminal leaflet of a walnut tree. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Worker ant tending brown soft scale. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
A green ant bait dispenser placed on the soil and mulch in the shade next to a red brick wall. Cheryl Reynolds, UC IPM.
Pheromone rope dispenser placed in the upper canopy of a pear tree for mating disruption of codling moth. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Dr. Ben Faber examines the bottom of mature avocado leaves for persea mite nests. Credit: Petr Kosina, UC IPM.
Close up of powdery mildew on a grape leaf. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
A man uses a small mirror and flashlight to look for cockroaches in kitchen drawers. Credit: Cheryl A. Reynolds, UC IPM.
A healthy, actively growing stand of peppermint. Credit: public domain.
Row of peaches at full bloom. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Pear flowers in full bloom stage. Photo credit: Jack Kelley Clark, UC IPM.
Adult California ground squirrel. Credit Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Applicator measuring tractor speed using measured distance (tape) and stop watch. Credit Petr Kosina, UC IPM.
Established beetle gallery in the vascular tissue of a tree caused by a shot hole borer beetle. Credit: Akif Eskalen, UC Davis.
Citricola scale females and crawlers on a twig. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Flyer announcing webinar.
Crown gall causes distorted trunk growth on a dying euonymus plant. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Under a railroad overpass is a clear slow moving river with heavy vegetation on banks. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Avocado blooms. Credit: David Rosen.
Text Thank you Wednesday with an illustration of a kneeling woman looking at grass through a magnifying glass.
Giving Tuesday logo with added IPM leaf and lady beetle
Yellowing leaf edges of a white grape variety. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Barn owl fledgling. Credit: Suzanne Mullins.
Citrus trees in an orchard without their lower branches (skirts) pruned off and touching the ground. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Giving Tuesday logo showing a world map with a calendar showing December 3 and text Save the Date and #GivingTuesday.
A fence with grass on either side at a dog park in Irvine. Weeds and encroaching grass are controlled with a mechanical edger instead of herbicide.
Man in long-sleeved shirt, eye protection, and gloves reading pesticide label instructions. Credit: Michael L. Poe, UC Agriculture & Natural Resourced
A potato psyllid nymph on a green leaf. Potato psyllid nymphs are flat and green with a fringe of short spines around their edge.
Adult lygus bug on a leaf. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Mummy with new crop nuts. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
La hormiga argentina. Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Larva of pink bollworm inside cotton boll. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
Avocado trunk with reddish resin and whitish sugar exudate of bacterial canker. Credit: David Rosen.
Third edition cover of the manual The Safe and Effective Use of Pesticides showing pesticide application equipment.
A row of flowering plants between rows of lettuce in a field. Credit: Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia, UC IPM.
Interceptor monitors can be used under legs of furniture to trap bed bugs as they travel between hiding places and host. Credit: Dong-Hwan Choe, UC Ri
Drought tolerant landscape including agave, cactus, palm, and yucca. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM
Colony of California red scale adult females and nymphs. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark.
California citrus grove with snow-covered Sierra Nevada peaks in the distance. Credit: David Rosen
IMPACT (Integrated Management of Production in Agriculture using Computer Technology) on Macintosh Plus screen. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark.
Ripe cluster of red wine grapes. Credit: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM.
An air blast sprayer applying pesticide. A sprayer viewed from the rear between two rows of citrus trees. Credit: Elizabeth E. Grafton-Cardwell
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Mature plants of prostrate spurge growing in wet areas around sprinklers in a citrus grove.
Adult brown garden snail sitting on a hydrangea leaf with a pink flower in the background. Credit: William F. Meyer
Three women look at preserved plant samples showing symptoms of pests in a classroom. Credit: Cheryl Reynolds, UC IPM
Two green grape clusters with grape leaves in the back. Grape clusters were exposed using a tractor-mounted hedger for leaf removal.
green alfalfa field in the foreground with irrigation sprinklers and in the background is Mt. Shasta covered partially with snow at the peak
close up of several green leaves of cilantro, some with drops of water on them
20190419 Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia in asparagus field with colleagues in Peru. Credit Christie Almeyda
20190312 snapshot of former UC IPM website home page
20190128 Top 6 pest management databases UC IPM number 5
Navy mug with gold lettering. Text: 1980 to 2005 UC IPM 25th year-round IPM yearround

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