Test PB Collection: FTE

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Weed Management Specialist University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR), Department of Agronomy & Horticulture invites applications for a Weed Management Specialist, Assistant Professor, 12-month, tenure-track position, with 50...

The Kikuyugrass Pest Notes (Publ. 7458) has been revised. View the publication information online or as a PDF (http://ucipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7458.html.) Pest Notes are produced by the UC Statewide IPM Program.

The target: the dengue mosquito. The occasion: A UC Davis Department of Entomology seminar. Jacklyn Wong, who last summer received her doctorate in entomology from UC Davis, studying with major professor and mosquito expert Tom Scott, will headline the department's first fall seminar.

The skipper wasn't skipping. In fact, it wasn't doing much of anything. The fiery skipper butterfly (Hylephila phyleus), tangled in a spider web, struggled furiously to free itself. Not going to happen. The sticky substance stuck to her like super glue. It's a scene you don't often see.

Life stages twospotted spider mite and Lewis mite. Notice the similarities between twospotted spider mite female (top right) and Lewis mite (bottom). Photos by Surendra Dara A few species of spider mites infest strawberries grown on the California coast.

UC scientists presented recent additions to the growing body of research on conservation tillage in California at the second annual Twilight Conservation Tillage and Cropping Systems field day Sept.

Native pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, is on a mission. He and fellow members of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation are trying to save Franklin's bumble bee from extinction.

Organic Herbicides: Do they work?

A good time to photograph the European wool carder bee is in the early morning when it's warming its muscles to prepare for flight. It lies perfectly still. That's what it did in our yard last weekend. It warmed itself on the sunny side of a leaf. Not unlike the sunny side of a street...

Almost two weeks ago the California Rice Experiment Station (RES) had its annual field day. It was a great opportunity to see fist-hand the research going on at the station.