Internal News
Deciphering the mysterious decline of honey bees:
- UC ANR scientists urge citrus farmers and backyard growers to be vigilant in face of new disease find, July 22, 2015
- New app helps strawberry growers manage pests, June 16, 2015
- Vaccine field trials for deadly 'foothill abortion' cattle disease expand, May 27, 2015
- Bee kind to pollinators - Use integrated pest management to reduce pesticide use, May 6, 2015
- New olive disease in Italy concerns California researchers, April 22, 2015
- New videos from UC IPM help stone fruit growers and PCAs tackle pest problems, April 21, 2015
- Mild winter gave agricultural pests a head start in 2015, May 5, 2015
- Decline of coast live oak trees in Southern California is due to fungus, May 4, 2014
- Bats in the belfry? No, bats in walnut orchards, April 15, 2015
- Bedbug eradication requires tenant cooperation, April 6, 2015
- UC ANR and San Joaquin Valley cotton growers join forces to prevent sticky cotton, March 23, 2015
- Organic farmers are counting on UC to control exotic Virginia creeper leafhoppers, Feb. 25, 2015
- A second natural enemy of Asian citrus psyllid joins the battle, Feb. 10, 2015
- Exotic mange found in California golden eagles, Jan. 21, 2015
- New online course helps PCAs manage pesticide resistance, Jan. 15, 2015
2014
- Christmas tree farmers growing Nordmann fir asked to look out for new pest, Dec. 5, 2014
- Continued vigilance needed in the fight against Asian citrus psyllid, Nov. 25, 2014
- UC scientists help clarify use of chlorpyrifos, Nov. 17, 2014
2013
- "Super pest" takes hold in Sacramento neighborhood, Sept. 18, 2013
- Bedbugs prove difficult to detect, Sept. 17, 2013
- UC ANR scientists get $450,000 to study pesticide alternatives, June 12, 2013
- Controlling a deadly citrus disease: Research led by UC Riverside's Hailing Jin shows how phosphorus and small RNAs could help battle huanglongbing, April 23, 2013
- New technology offers hope for solving grapevine red blotch disease, Feb. 21, 2013
- UC researchers help growers find alternatives to methyl bromide, Aug. 29, 2013
- New resources for growers and homeowners waging Asian citrus psyllid battle, Aug. 29, 2013
- Newly found Asian citrus psyllids prompt quick action in Tulare, Aug. 2, 2013
- Nutritionist finds clues to saving citrus from dreaded disease, March 6, 2013
2012
- Have you seen a polyphagous shot hole borer?, Aug. 17, 2012
- Pistachio farmers enlist a beneficial fungus to battle aflatoxin, July 12, 2012
- Invasive weeds in remote locations can be killed with solar tents, March 7, 2012
EIPD in the News
- PRI The World Aug. 2, 2016 An insect pest may cause an economy to shift from oil to agriculture See UC ANR publication about this pest: Tomato leafminer
- Scientists use wasps to protect local citrus crops from disease, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 14, 2015
- Stink bug sighted in Stanislaus could harm area crops, Modesto Bee, Aug. 4, 2015
- Strawberries are in big trouble. Scientists race to find solution Washington Post, Aug. 2015
- Citrus disease spreads in SoCal, The Foothills Sun-Gazette, July 29, 2015
- California Citrus growers on edge following HLB discoveries, Capital Press, July 28, 2015
- Bad case of bird flu creates rise in price of eggs, ABC 7 News, San Francisco, July 21, 2015
- Scientists fight to save iconic UC Irvine trees from invasive beetle, KPCC Public Radio, July 21, 2015
- Insight: Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, Capital Public Radio, July 8, 2015
- Sudden oak death is still spreading, still a threat, Jefferson Public Radio, June 17, 2014
- Bats in walnut groves, Capital Public Radio, June 9, 2015
- Ravaged by drought and bugs, North Coast forests prone to go up in flames, Santa Rosa Press-Democrat, may 14, 2015
- 200,000 acres of pistachio trees at risk for Bushy Top Syndrome, Visalia Times-Delta, April 28, 2015
- UC Irvine fights infestation of tree-killing bug, The Daily Pilot, April 27, 2015
- Insect that spreads disease lethal to vineyards found at Marin Nursery, Marin Independent-Journal, March 4, 2015
2014
- Early smell of success against citrus psyllid, Riverside Press-Enterprise, Oct. 29, 2014
- Hard work continues against California invasive species, Western Farm Press, Oct. 26, 2014
- Brown marmorated stink bugs plaguing midtown Sacramento, Sacramento Bee, Oct. 24, 2014
- Tree-killing bug invades Southern California, with no answer in sight, Los Angeles Times, June 5, 2014
- An uncivil psyllid: SLO County gets a jump on a bug recently discovered in Arroyo Grande, San Luis Obispo New Times, April 9, 2014
- 'CSI' of the plant world, Salinas Californian, March 24, 2014
2013
- Sudden Oak Death plagues local groves, Salinas Californian, Dec. 16, 2013
- Researcher pits nature against itself in ACP battle, Western Farm Press Oct. 23, 2013
- Stink bugs: Record numbers of bugs expected this year in parts of U.S., Epoch Times, Oct. 3, 2013
- Invasive wasp adds sting to end-of-summer attacks, San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 7, 2013
- San Joaquin tomato crop damaged by pest, Stockton Record, Aug. 10, 2013
- Virus debilitates California's latest tomato crop, The California Report, June 13, 2013
- Salinas scientists acquire new tool to fight nasty pathogen, Salinas Californian, July 17, 2013
- Citizen-scientists to help map Sudden Oak Death fungus, San Jose Mercury-News, April 12, 2013
- Invader chokes native wildflowers, San Diego Union Tribune, March 10, 2013
- Oak-killing insect found in more trees, The Riverside Press-Enterprise, Jan. 23, 2013
2012
- Citrus growers battle to contain tiny, dangerous pests, The California Report, Nov. 27, 2012
- Pistachio crop threatened by moths, fungus, The California Report, Nov. 6, 2012
- Explosive growth in sudden oak death, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 9, 2012
- Bagrada bugs taking toll on Santa Barbara County farms, gardens, Newzhawk.com, Oct. 2, 2012
- New leafhopper pest found in California vineyards, The Grower, Nov. 9, 2012
- Researchers tackle beetle problem, San Diego Union Tribune, Sept. 28, 2010