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Rachael Long

Emeritus Farm Advisor for Field Crops, Pest Management
Woodland Administrative Office
2780 E. Gibson Road
Woodland, CA 95776
rflong@ucanr.edu Create VCard

Also in:
Yolo County

Education

MS Entomology, Entomology. 1987

Awards

Specialty

Pest management, agronomy, dry beans, alfalfa, water quality, oil seed crops

Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Li X, DK Giles (2021). Comparison of UAV and fixed-wing aerial application for alfalfa insect pest control: evaluating efficacy, residues, and spray quality. Pest Management Science. 77, 4980-4992.
  • Li X, DK Giles (2021). Comparison of UAV and fixed-wing aerial application for alfalfa insect pest control: evaluating efficacy, residues, and spray quality. Pest Management Science. 77, 4980-4992.
  • Huynh BL, T Duong (2021). Registration of the aphid-resistant ‘California Blackeye 77’ cowpea. Journal of Plant Registrations. 1-8. https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/plr2.20176
  • Kanter J, N Clark (2021). Top management challenges and concerns for agronomic crop production in California: Identifying critical issues for extension through needs assessment. Agronomy Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/agj2.20897
  • Rim, K; Price, SJ, et al. (2019). Biology and management of clover root curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). J. Integrated Pest Management. 10:1, 1-14. July.
  • Heath, S; Long, RF (2019). Seminatural landscape cover and orchard characteristics mediate pest reduction by birds within intensive agriculture. Ecosphere. 10:10, 1-24. October.
  • RF, Long; Leinfelder-Miles, M, et al. (2018). Garbanzo (chickpea) production in California. UC ANR publication. UC ANR Communication Services. 8634.
  • LA, Sellers; Long, RF, et al. (2018). Impact of field-edge habitat on mammalian wildlife abundance, distribution, and vectored foodborne pathogens in adjacent crops. Crop Protection. 108, 1-11.
  • Garbach, Kelly; Long, Rachael (2017). Determinants of field edge habitat restoration on farms in California’s Sacramento Valley. J. of Environmental Management, Vol 189:134-141. Journal of Environmental Management. Vol 189, 134-141.
  • Kross, Sara; Ingram, Kate, et al. (2017). Drivers of farmer perceptions of wildlife and on-farm conservation actions. Conservation Letters. 1-9.
  • Long, Rachael; Garbach, Kelly, et al. (2017). Hedgerow benefits align with food production and sustainability goals. California Agriculture. 71:3, 117-119.

  • Morandin LA, RF Long, and C Kremen. 2016. Pest control and pollination cost benefit analysis of hedgerow restoration in a simplified agricultural landscape. J. Economic Entomology. tow086

  • LD, Godfrey; Long., R (2016). "University of California Integrated Pest Management Guidelines for Alfalfa, Insects and Mites."
  • LD, Godfrey; Long, R (2016). "University of California Integrated Pest Management Guidelines for Dry Beans, Insects and mites, diseases and nematodes."
  • S, Gillespie; Long, RF, et al. (2015). "Indirect effects of field management on pollination service and seed set in hybrid onion seed production." Journal of Economic Entomology 107(1): 29-37.
  • Morandin, L.; Long, R., et al. (2014). "Hedgerows enhance beneficial insects and pest control on adjacent tomato fields in an intensive agricultural landscape." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
  • Gillespie, S.; Long, R., et al. (2014). Indirect effects of field management on pollination service and seed set in hybrid onion seed production.
  • Gillespie, S.; Long, R., et al. (2013). "Insecticide use in hybrid onion seed production effects pre and post-pollination processes." Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Long, R.; Temple, S., et al. (2013). Lima bean production in California. UC ANR Publication. 8505.
  • Voss, R.; Murray, M., et al. (2013). Onion seed production in California. UC ANR Publication. 8008.
  • Prichard, T.; Schwankl, L., et al. (2011). Controlling offsite movement of agricultural chemical residues: Alfalfa. UC ANR Publication. 8459. http://ucanr.org/pubs.cfm
  • Morandin, L.; Long, R., et al. (2011). "Hedgerows enhance beneficial insects on farms in California’s Central Valley." California Agriculture 65(4): 197-201.
  • Long, R.; Morandin, L. (2011). "Low hybrid onion seed yields relate to honey bee visits and insecticide applications." California Agriculture 65(3): 155-158.
  • Long, R.; Temple, S., et al. (2010). Common dry bean production in California, second edition. UC ANR Publication. 8402. http://ucanr.org/pubs.cfm
  • Long, R.; Anderson, J. (2010). Establishing hedgerows on farms in California. UC ANR Publication. 8390. http://ucanr.org/pubs.cfm
  • Long, R.; Hanson, B., et al. (2010). "Mitigation techniques reduce sediment in runoff from furrow-irrigated cropland." California Agriculture 64(3): 135-140.
  • Long, R.; Fulton, A., et al. (2010). Protecting surface water from sediment-associated pesticides in furrow-irrigated fields. UC ANR Publication. 8403. http://ucanr.org/pubs.cfm
  • Long, R.; Meyer, R., et al. (2008). Producing alfalfa hay organically. Irrigated Alfalfa Production Manual. UC ANR. 3512
  • Tietje, W.; Heaton, E., et al. (2008). Songbird, owl, and bat boxes. UC ANR Publication. 21636.
  • Summers, C.; Godfrey, L., et al. (2006). UC IPM Guidelines for Alfalfa, Insects and Mites. UC ANR.
  • Long, R.; Kiser, W., et al. (2006). "Well-placed bat houses can attract bats to Central Valley farms." California Agriculture 60(2): 91-94.
  • Long, R.; Gan, J., et al. (2005). Pesticide Choice: Best Management Practice (BMP) for protecting surface water quality in agriculture. UC ANR Publication. 8161.
  • Long, R.; Kimball, M., et al. (2003). Establishing a hedgerow. UC ANR Publication. V02-A.
  • Ehler, L.; Pease, C., et al. (2003). "Farmscape ecology of a native stinkbug in the Sacramento Valley." Fremontia 30: 3-4.
  • Long, R.; Nett, M., et al. (2002). "Insecticide choice for alfalfa may protect water quality." California Agriculture 56(5): 163-169.
  • Putnam, D.; Long, R., et al. (2001). "Effect of overseeding forages into alfalfa on alfalfa weevil, forage yield and quality." Journal Agronomy & Crop Science 187: 75-81.
  • Canevari, W.; Putnam, D., et al. (2000). Overseeding and Companion Cropping in Alfalfa. UC ANR Publication. 21594.
  • Long, R.; Simpson, T., et al. (1998). "Bats feed on crop pests in Sacramento Valley." California Agriculture 52(1): 8-10.
  • Long, R.; Corbett, A., et al. (1998). "Movement of beneficial insects from flowering plants to associated crops." California Agriculture 52(5): 23-26.
  • Ehler, L.; Long, R., et al. (1997). "Potential for augmentative biological control of black bean aphid in California sugar beet." Entomophaga 42(1): 241-256.
  • Lanini, W.; Freeman Long, R., et al. (1996). "Pre-emergence herbicides have little effect on vigor of perennial grasses." California Agriculture 50(5): 38-41.
  • Hoffman, M.; Kirkwyland, J., et al. (1995). "Field tests with kairomone-baited trap for cucumber beetles and corn rootworms in cucurbits." Environmental Entomology 25(5): 1173-1181.
  • Welter, S.; Freeman, R., et al. (1991). "Recovery of “Zinfandel” grapevines from feeding damage by Willamette spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae): Implications for economic injury level studies." Environmental Entomology 20(1): 104-109.
  • Freeman, R.; Carey, J. (1990). "Interaction of host stimuli in the ovipositional response of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)." Environmental Entomology 19(4): 1075-1080.
  • Van Steenwyk, R.; Havens, D., et al. (1990). "Trap improvement studies for two vectors of western X-disease: Colladonus montanus and Fieberiella florii (Homoptera: Cicalellids)." Journal of Economic Entomology 83: 2279-2283.
  • Welter, S.; Farnham, D., et al. (1989). "Willamette mite and Pacific spider mite (Acari: Tetranychidae) on grape gas exchange." Environmental Entomology 18(6): 953-957.

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