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1. Podcast by Vineyard Team. Biological control for Grape Trunk Diseases. 
2. UC Powdery Mildew Field Day Reveals Fungicide Trial Results, High PM Pressure for Interior California Wine Business 07/29/2024

3. 2024 Sonoma County Grape Day Highlights

4. Podcast_Understanding Pruning Wounds & Protection Options with Dr. Akif Eskalen

5. Scientific Advisory Panel - Euwallacea fornicatus - Australia

6. UC Powdery Mildew Fungicide Field Trial Results, Wine Business 08/08/2023

7. How Mycorrhizal Fungi Create More Drought-Resistant Grapevines, 2023

8. Advancing Biopesticide Technologies for Managing Pierce's. California PD/GWSS Board Bulletin, 2023-Issue-1

9. Fungi that cause pine ghost canker detected in southern California trees

10. Biological Protection for Grapevine Trunk Disease,  Agnetwest. June 30, 2021.

11. Grapevine Trunk Disease Management_ Research and Trials Evaluate new Biological and Chemical Tools. The Crush. January 2021. 

12. Legacy of Wonder! https://www.huntington.org/frontiers/2020-fall-winter/legacy-wonder. December 22, 2020.

13. Drilling for Microbial Gold: Eskalen Lab Researchers Seek Biocontrol Agents for Canker Disease UCANR, Aug 15, 2019. 

14. https://vinepair.com/articles/organic-viticulture-copper-alternatives/ July 7, 2020

15. Hundreds sign up for online oak woodland workshop, April 2020

16. Mystery Vine Collapse: Wine Business Monthly, Feb 2020

17. Sudden Vine Collapse May Be Associated with Combination of Virus Pathogens Oct 07, 2019

18. Malady seen in Delta, Central Valley, Monterey regions.Western Farm Press, July 10. 2019

19. UC Davis experts investigate the cause of sudden grapevine collapse. American Vineyard Magazine. Aug 26, 2019. 

20. A tiny beetle has decimated hundreds of SoCal trees. Now experts are worried about Sacramento Sept/19/2019

21. UC researchers probe mystery vine collapse. Western Farm Press, July 10, 2019.

22. https://m.news.naver.com/read.nhn?oid=052&aid=0001308492&sid1=102&mode=LSD

23. Yale Environment 360. Beetle Mania: The nasty insect that is killing the trees of Johannesburg. Oct 16, 2018.                                                 

24. Citrus Industry News. University of California Scientists identify new citrus diseases. May 9, 2018

25. The Hub News. Southern California trees under threat from infestation. April 24, 2018

26. Landscape Architecture Magazine. The tiny Menace. March 13, 2018

27. LA Times, Op-Ed. The shot-hole borer beetle could kill 38% of all trees in the L.A. region. Nov 30, 2017

28. KPCC-NPR, Scientist bet of parasitic wasp to beat shot hole borer. June 29, 2017

29. San Gabriel Valley Tribune_ love them or hate them, Ficus trees lining city streets are dying from a new fungal disease. June 19, 2017

30. LA Times, Essential California: Millions of SoCal trees are dying off. April 20, 2017 

31. The Press-Enterprise, Fighting to stop Tree-Killing Pest, Dec 16, 2016 

32. Daily Bulletin Environment, Can these tree 'shots' save urban park trees from deadly beetles? Nov 30, 2016

33. San Diego Union-Tribune, Mysterious willow die-off at Escondido Creek. Nov 28, 2016.

34. Fox5 News, Deadly beetle infestation spreading across country, May 11, 2016 

35. LA Times, UC Irvine's leafy campus is now one big laboratory to fight tree-killing beetle, April 4, 2016

36. The Press-Enterprise, Invasive Species: Tree-Infesting beetle found in Riverside, March 21, 2016

37. The San Diego Reader, Beetles invasion rocks biologists' world, Jan 19, 2016

38. Ventura County Star, Beetle spreads worry among Ventura County farmers January 16, 2016

39. The San Diego Union-Tribune, Avocado beetle could spread uncontrollably, January 2, 2016

40. VOA News, 3-D-Printed Devices Help Scientists Trap, Study Tree-Damaging Bugs  Oct 22, 2015

41. UCR News, Holy guacamole! 3-D printing could help save avocado, other trees, Sep 30, 2015

42. NPR 89.3 KPCC, Scientists fight to save iconic UC Irvine trees from invasive beetle, July 21, 2015

43. NPR 89.3 KPCC_UC Riverside researchers turn to 3-D printers to help battle invasive beetle.

44. KCET News, California's Live Oaks Face New Fungus Disease Threat. May 13, 2014

45. UCR Today, Decline of Coast live oaks trees in Southern California due to foamy bark canker, April 29, 2014

46. CBS news, Tree-killing bug invades southern California, June 7, 2014

47. LA Times. Tree-killing bug invades southern California, with no answer in sight, June 6, 2014

48. NPR 89.3KPCC, Foamy bark canker fungus killing California oak trees up and down coast, April 28, 2014

49. NBC News, Avocado trees threatened by newly discovered fungus, Dec 31, 2013

50. UCR Today, Invasive beetle-fungus complex found in San Diego Counties, Dec 5, 2013.

51. CBS 8 News, New beetle treating San Diego Trees, Dec 15, 2013

52. Press Enterprise, Avocado growers are engaging in beetle battle, Feb 2015.

53. LA Times: Tree-killing bug invades Southern California, with no answer in sight, June 2014.

54. Avocado source journals, Invasive Ambrosia Beetle Conference: The Situation in California, August 2012.

55. USDA Pest Alert: The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer, Nov 2013

56. CBS News: Tree-killing beetles attacking California's forests, Jan 2014

57. NBC4 News at 6: Avocado Trees Threatened by Newly Discovered Fungus

58. UT-San Diego, New beetle threatens arbors, orchards, Dec 14, 2013

59. Huntington Blogs, On the trail of a deadly pest. Sep 28, 2012

60. Huffpost Green, Huntington botanical gardens warn of a super pest: Is anybody listening?  Sep 26,2012

61. LA Times, May 11, 2012, Meet the beetle: Asian pest a threat to California’s avocado crop, Mat 2012.

62. UCR Today, Beetle-fungus disease threatens crops and landscape trees in southern California, May 2012.

63. Weekly News line, From the eclectic’s notebook, May 2012.

64. Whittier Daily News, Exotic Asian beetle threatens California avocado industry, May 27, 2012,

65. Don’t Move Firewood. Polyphagous shot hole borer. July 2016.

66. Pasadena News, Exotic Asian beetle threatens the avocado industry, June 2012.

67. UCR Highlander, UCR scientists discovered the cause of avocado killing disease, May 2012.

68. Green Blog, UCCE San Joaquin County, Have you seen polyphagous shot hole borer lately?

69. UC- California Naturalist, Pest Tagged: Polyphagous shot hole borer, August 2012.

70. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Exotic Asian beetle threatens California avocado industry, May 2012

71. Western Arborist, Fusarium dieback: a new and serious insect-vectored disease of landscape trees Sept 2012

72. UCCE-UC Davis, New insect-disease complex strikes southland trees, Dec 2012

73. Western Farm Press, The tea shot hole borer gallery, May 2012

74. Farm Progress, Tea shot hole borer worries avocado growers, July 2012