Cindy Kron
North Coast Area IPM Advisor
B.S. Viticulture & Enology minor Agricultural Pest Management, UC Davis. 2013
Peer reviewed
Garzelloni, R., C. Arkilic, C.R. Kron, and R. Van Steenwyk. 2025. Chemical control of olive fruit fly in olives, 2024. Arthropod Management Tests. 50(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/amt/tsaf045
Kron, C.R., Gonzalez Murillo, Axel D., Gonçalves, Clebson G., Zoller, Broc G., Addesso, Karla, Klingeman, William E., Moulton, J. Kevin. 2025 July print issue. DNA barcoding helps establish a novel host-plant association for Chrysobothris mali Horn, 1886 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) larvae found infesting Pyrus communis ‘Bartlett’ (Rosaceae) fruit in Lake County, California orchards. Pan Pacific Entomologist. 101(3): 262-272. https://doi.org/10.3956/2025-101.3.262
Thayer, M., C.R. Kron, and R. Van Steenwyk. 2024. Control of olive fruit fly in olives, 2022. Arthropod Management Tests. 49(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/amt/tsae080
Abrams, A.E., A. Alvarez, M. Rodriguez, C.R. Kron, D.E. Bellamy, and S.S. Walse. 2021. Rearing methods for brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on live cowpea plants. Journal of Economic Entomology. 114(6): 2297- 2306. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab201
Beal, D.J., A.G. Adams, M.L. Cooper, L.G. Varela, R.J. Smith, C.R. Kron, R.P.P. Almeida, and M.P. Daugherty. 2021. Assessment of nymphal ecology and adult Xylella fastidiosa transmission biology of Aphrophora nr. permutata (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) in California vineyards. Environmental Entomology. 50(6): 1446-1454. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvab081
Kron, C.R. and M.S. Sisterson. 2020. Spissistilus festinus (Hemiptera: Membracidae) susceptibility to six generalist predators. Plos One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242775
Bick, E.N., C.R. Kron, and F.G. Zalom. 2020. Timing the implementation of cultural practices for Spissistilus festinus (Hemiptera:Membracidae) in California vineyards using a stage-structured degree day model. Journal of Economic Entomology. 113(5): 2558-2562. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa165
Bick, E., E.S. de Lange, C.R. Kron, L. da Silva Soler, J. Liu, and H.D. Nguyen. 2020. Effects of salinity and nutrients on water hyacinth and its biological control agent, Neochetina bruchi. Hydrobiologia. 847: 3213-3224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04314-x
Kron, C.R. and M.S. Sisterson. 2020. Identification of Non-Host Cover Crops of the Three-Cornered Alfalfa Hopper (Spissistilus festinus). American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. 71(3): 175-180. https://doi.org/10.5344/ajev.2020.19069.
Kron, C.R. 2019. Keeping the spotted lanternfly out. https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/Invasive-and-Exotic-Pests/Spotted-Lanternfly/
Kron, C.R., D.E. Bellamy, S.S. Walse, and F.G. Zalom. 2019. Predicting larval stage distribution of Lobesia botrana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) at three constant temperatures. Journal of Economic Entomology. 112(2): 585-590. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy374
Kron, C.R., M.R. Sudarshana, B.W. Bahder, E.N. Bick, and F.G. Zalom. 2019. Seasonal dynamics of Spissistilus festinus (Hemiptera: Membracidae) in a Californian vineyard. Journal of Economic Entomology. 112(3): 1138-1144. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toz022
Kron, C.R., M.R. Sudarshana, and F.G. Zalom. 2018. Feeding and reproductive hosts of Spissistilus festinus (Say)(Hemiptera: Membracidae) found in Californian vineyards. Journal of Economic Entomology. 111(6): 2531-2535. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy236
Kron, C.R., M.R. Sudarshana, M.L. Bollinger, and F.G. Zalom. 2018. Vitis vinifera as a reproductive host of Spissistilus festinus (Hemiptera: Membracidae). Journal of Insect Science. 18(6): 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey129
Non-peer reviewed
Kron, C.R. Flatheaded borers in fruit? The Adviser – California Association of Pest Control Advisers Magazine. 28(2): 42-45.
Kron, C.R. When ants become a pest in agriculture. Sonoma-Marin Farm News. June 2025 issue.
Kron, C.R. and C.G. Gonçalves. 2025. Flatheaded borer damage and ID in pear fruit. California Fruit & Vegetable Magazine. 42(4): 6-9.
Kron, C.R. Spotted lanternfly: the need to remain vigilant. The Adviser – California Association of Pest Control Advisers Magazine. 27(4): 38-40.
Kron, C.R. Spotted lanternfly: the need to remain vigilant. The Adviser – California Association of Pest Control Advisers Magazine. 27(4): 38-40.
Kron, C.R. 2023. How to use a model to time ground cover management for suppression of the threecornered alfalfa hopper. Sonoma-Marin Farm News. April issue.
Lara, R., Rijal, J., Kron, C.R., Gyawaly, S., Maiquez, V., Roberts, D., Vue, C., Hoddle, M.S. 2023. Implementing Biological Control for invasive brown marmorated stink bug in California. The Adviser – California Association of Pest Control Advisers Magazine. 26(6): 42-45.
Kron, C.R. 2022. Sonoma County Pest Control District. Sonoma-Marin Farm News. November issue.
Kron, C.R. 2022.Why are ants a pest in vineyards? CAPCA Advisor Magazine. 25(4): 66-68.
Kron, C.R. 2021. Monitoring for the walnut husk fly in Lake County. CAPCA Advisor Magazine. 24(5): 48-50.
Kron, C.R. 2021. Bagrada bug. Sonoma-Marin Farm News. 10: 13.
Kron, C.R. 2020. Invasive tree-of-heaven is a preferred host for two invasive insect pests that cause economic damage in California agricultural crops. CAPCA Adviser magazine. 13(5): 40-44.
Kron, C.R. 2019. Keeping the spotted lanternfly out. Sonoma-Marin Farm News. 12: 17.
Kron, C.R., M.R. Sudarshana, and F.G. Zalom. 2019. A Grapevine red blotch virus vector: three-cornered alfalfa hopper in Napa vineyards. American Vineyard Magazine. 28(2): 14-18.