Posts Tagged: European Grapevine Moth
Frank Zalom, Pete Goodell, European Grapevine Moth Team Honored at 9th International IPM Symosium
Integrated pest management (IPM) scientists affiliated with the University of California, Davis and...
Lifetime achievement award winners Frank Zalom (left) and Pete Goodell share a moment in the UC IPM booth with Cheryl Wilen, Area IPM Advisor and IPM Extension Coordinator for Natural Resources. (Photo by Lena McBean, Remsberg Inc.)
Lifetime achievement award winners Pete Goodell (left) and Frank Zalom discuss IPM projects. (Photo by Lena McBean, Remsberg Inc.)
UC IPM Team Win International Award
Three of the twelve awards announced for the upcoming International IPM Symposium will be...
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Example of damage by EGVM.
The European grapevine moth has officially been eradicated in California
The European grapevine moth, which was detected in Napa County in 2009 and threatened crops valued at $5.7 billion, has been eradicated from the state, reported Geoffrey Mohan in the Los Angeles Times.
The reporter gleaned information about and a photo of the moth from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR). The article credited ANR as explaining, "The moth's several larval stages damage flowers and the fruit itself throughout the growing season."
UC ANR played a key role in the eradicating the pest from California. A team of UC ANR academics received an award this year for coordinating a program "that saved the wine and table grape industries from economic disaster caused by an invasive insect," said the ANR Report.
ANR's European Grapevine Moth Team includes:
- Walter Bentley – UC Integrated Pest Management entomologist emeritus
- Larry Bettiga, UC Cooperative Extension advisor in Monterey County
- Monica Cooper, UC Cooperative Extension advisor in Napa County
- Kent Daane, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley
- Rhonda Smith, UC Cooperative Extension advisor in Sonoma County
- Joyce Strand, IPM academic coordinator emeritus
- Robert Van Steenwyk, UC Cooperative Extension specialist in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley
- Lucia Varela, UC Cooperative Extension area IPM advisor in the North Coast
- Frank Zalom, UC Cooperative Extension specialist and professor in the Department of Entomology at UC Davis
UC ANR Honor for Frank Zalom and Other Members of the European Grapevine Moth Team
Integrated pest management specialist Frank Zalom, distinguished professor of entomology, UC Davis...
UC ANR Vice President Glenda Humiston (far left) presents the UC ANR Outstanding Team Award to the European Grapevine Moth Team. From left are Robert Van Steenwyk, Lucia Varela, Rhonda Smith and Frank Zalom. (UC ANR Photo)
European Grapevine Moth Declared Eradicated from Santa Cruz County
Good news to start the New Year for Santa Cruz County growers:
This directly from Mary Lou Nicoletti, Agricultural Commissioner for Santa Cruz County:
"Effective December 21, 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture declared the European Grapevine Moth to be eradicated from Santa Cruz County. Our county is no longer under quarantine."
Not too much to add to this, but getting to this point was a real team effort on the part of regulators, researchers and growers. And I am quite glad that we have one less pest to deal with here for now.