Test PB Collection: FTE

County Location: Imperial County Date Posted: April 2, 2015 Closing Date: May 15, 2015 Job Information: http://ucanr.edu/jobFiles/765.pdf http://ucanr.

Citrus integrated pest management (IPM) programs typically utilize a combination of control practices, like cultural, mechanical, and chemical, to minimize competitive effects of weeds on crop productivity.

What a grand event! When the University of California, Davis held its annual campus "Take Your Daughters (And Sons) to Work" Day today (April 23), the participants met one-on-one with entomologists, firefighters, physicians, plant specialists, veterinarians and scores of others in the UC Davis workf...

Agricultural Technician for Weed Science Program at Rice Research Station (Biggs, CA)* Starting date: ASAP Position: Full-time (40 hrs/week) for 4-5 months Job summary: With supervision, set up and establish field and greenhouse experiments at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs, CA (position is lo...

Overhead in the lady's restroom of a restaurant at the Sausalito marina: Mother to daughter: "There's a lady in here." Daughter: "A lady? Well, why wouldn't there be a lady in here? This is a lady's restroom." Mother: "Look right over there, on the wall.

Visitors to the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) display in front of Briggs Hall at the 101st annual Picnic Day last Saturday at the University of California, Davis, got a close look at the Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillar.

Pardon me, there's something on your shoulder! And yes, there was. A Madagasar hissing cockroach was one of the critters that UC Davis entomology major Wade Spencer showed to guests at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house last Saturday during the 101st annual campuswide Picnic Day.

Developing, managing, maintaining and testing an early detection and rapid response program (EDRR) will enable property owners to combat new weeds before they become a problem. EDRR is a system used to find new weeds and then treat those weeds before they spread and become an even greater problem.

The California Weed Science Society (CWSS) is offering scholarships to support undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in weed or invasive plant management.

So, you want to make an insect collection? How do you begin? Where do you start? Distinguished Professor James R. Carey of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology led a class on how to do just that several years ago.