Agriculture

They're curious little critters. When solider beetles (family Cantharidae) go on patrol in your garden, don't kill them. They're not being deployed to harm you. They're the good guys. They eat aphids and other soft-bodied insects.

So in a 2-week period in February I was getting calls and emails from growers asking about the black stuff forming on the green stems of avocado trees. I thought that it was just sooty mold that was the result of insect feeding and resultant honeydew. This is a superficial fungus on stems.

We are excited to announce upcoming field events hosted by University of California Cooperative Extension: Demonstrating Efficient N Fertilizer Management in Practices in California Wheat On-farm field day in Kings County: Wednesday April 20th 2022, 9:30AM 12PM.

You'll enter the world of parasitic worms, poverty and solutions when you listen to the virtual seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, April 6.

More than 3 billion people worldwide live on less than $2.50 a day. The majority live in low- and middle- income countries, and some in vulnerable communities of high-income countries. Chronic infections in these populations are predominated by parasitic helminths.

Graduate student Mia Lippey of the laboratories of UC Davis distinguished professor Jay Rosenheim and assistant professor Emily Meineke, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, will present her thesis proposal "An Ecoinformatics Approach to Characterizing Ecological Change in the Anthropoc...

In Spanish Expanded from four chapters in the previous edition to 12, the third edition of Pesticide Safety: A Study Manual for Private Applicators aims to be more than just a study guide.

Western flower thrips adult (Photo courtesy: Jack Kelly Clark, UC IPM) The western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is one of the major pests of lettuce in California.

USDA Providing Drought, Wildfire Payments to Livestock Producers The U.

In English Ampliada de cuatro a 12 capitulos, la tercera edicin de Seguridad en el uso de Pesticidas: Un manual de estudio para aplicadores privados pretende ser ms que una simple gua de estudio.