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  • Asian citrus psyllids can spread the citrus tree-killing disease huanglongbing. All photos credited to UC Regents
    Infected citrus pest that spreads disease found in Ventura County

    Sep 22, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Pest Management
  • A bed bug nymph before and after feeding blood. Photo by Siavash Taravati.
    UC Cooperative Extension advisor helps property managers prevent pests in the home

    Sep 13, 2023

    • Environment
    • Family
    • Health
    • Pest Management
  • The Formosan subterranean termite is
    Cooperative Extension advisor, UC experts tackle ‘nightmare’ termite

    Jun 28, 2023

    • Health
    • Pest Management
  • UC Eclipse strawberries grown in Santa Maria are resistant to the soilborne disease Fusarium wilt. Photo by Jael Mackendorf/UC Davis
    UC Davis releases 5 strawberry varieties resistant to deadly fungal disease

    Apr 18, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Pest Management
  • UC Cooperative Extension advisors Kirsten Pearsons (left) and Yu-Chen Wang search ice plants for Western flower thrips, the insect that carries the impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV). The disease has greatly impacted lettuce growers in the Salinas Valley. Photo by Daniel Hasegawa
    New UCCE advisors bring fresh ideas to protect lettuce from INSV, Pythium wilt

    Feb 3, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • Fatemeh Khodadadi
    UC ANR expands expertise for climate change, economic development with new hires

    Feb 2, 2023

    • 4-H
    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Environment
    • Food
    • Health
    • Pest Management
  • David Haviland sharing his research at the Argentine Ant and Citrus Pest Management Field Day in Redlands in October 2022. All photos by Saoimanu Sope.
    UCCE researchers target sugar-feeding ants, a key to controlling citrus pests, disease

    Jan 9, 2023

    • Innovation
    • Pest Management
  • Animated character guides learners through new UC IPM online course and explains how pesticide runoff enters storm drains and leads to surface water.
    New online pesticide-use course aims to protect water quality

    Nov 30, 2022

    • Environment
  • The Asian citrus psyllid is the insect vector for the bacterium that can cause huanglongbing disease. Photo credit: UC Regents
    Asian citrus psyllid study: Vigilance urged but ‘no cause for panic’

    Nov 17, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • RecentHiresCollage
    New UCCE advisors offer expertise in food systems, fire, 4-H and more

    Oct 7, 2022

    • 4-H
    • Agriculture
    • Economic Development
    • Food
    • Natural Resources
    • Pest Management
    • Yard & Garden
  • Barn owls provide pest control and ecological benefits. Nest boxes help attract and support them. Photo by Ryan Bourbour, UC Davis
    Fall is best time to clean nest boxes for barn owls

    Sep 8, 2022

    • Natural Resources
    • Pest Management
  • UCCE entomology specialist Mark Hoddle in Mexico, hunting avocado weevils. Photo by Mark Hoddle, UC Riverside
    The scent that could save California’s avocados

    Sep 7, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • This sycamore tree, a preferred species of the polyphagous shothole borer, shows signs of a severe infestation. Photo by Randall Oliver, UC IPM
    After shothole borer invasion, UC Irvine becomes ‘perfect testing ground’

    Jun 8, 2022

    • Natural Resources
    • Pest Management
    • Yard & Garden
  • A new greenhouse at UC Davis will be built to protect grapevines from diseases such as red blotch disease, which can cause leaves to turn red, hamper fruit ripening and reduce wine quality. Photo courtesy of Foundation Plant Services/UC Davis
    UC Davis to build new $5.25M greenhouse to protect U.S. grapevine collection

    Jun 6, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • More than just a study guide, the manual provides information on essential processes and procedures that will help keep applicators safe – as well as reduce environmental impacts from misapplication.
    More detail, key updates in new edition of pesticide safety manual

    Mar 14, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Natural Resources
    • Pest Management
  • Since INSV was first observed in the state in 2006, the virus triggered significant crop losses in 2019, leading up to a catastrophic 2020. Photo by Daniel Hasegawa
    Lettuce growers hope weeding, research can counter devastating plant virus

    Jan 14, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • This tree in Florida shows symptoms of huanglongbing (HLB) disease, including a thinning canopy and fruits that fall easily. HLB has devastated the citrus industry in Florida, and poses a threat to California growers. Photo: UC Regents
    Citrus threat target of $7 million multistate research project

    Dec 3, 2021

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Innovation
    • Pest Management
  • Yellow starthistle is an invasive rangeland weed. (Photo: J. M. DiTomaso)
    UC launches WeedCUT, a new online tool to manage invasive weeds in wildlands without herbicides

    Jun 22, 2021

    • Natural Resources
    • Pest Management
  • Quinn puts a collar on a coyote. The battery-powered collars, recharged by solar panels on the collar, send location and speed data to Quinn.  Photo by Danielle Martin
    Urban coyotes get collared by UC ANR researcher and community partners

    Mar 8, 2021

    • Pest Management
  • In California, RIFA mounds frequently resemble gopher mounds because they consist of a circular upwelling of loose soil.
    Red imported fire ants may be challenging to eradicate, but they can be controlled

    Jan 19, 2021

    • Pest Management
    • Yard & Garden
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