Agriculture

Thrips/TSWV Western San Joaquin Co.: Article

2022 First report (March 17)

March 17, 2022
By Neil McRoberts
General Outlook 2022 thrips season is open for business. The first half of the winter was wet and cold, but since the turn of the year, we have seen next to no precipitation in the region. Temperatures have been more or less normal for the time of year.
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Thrips/TSWV status in Yolo & Colusa: Article

2022 First report (March 17)

March 17, 2022
By Neil McRoberts
General Outlook Well, here we are, the 2022 season is open for business. The first half of the winter was wet and cold, but since the turn of the year, we have seen next to no precipitation in the region. Temperatures have been more or less normal for the time of year.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Just a Little Bit of Frost Damage

March 16, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Calls have come in - "What is the browning on the avocado leaves? Thrips damage? Salt damage? Dothiorella?" Nope, Frost Damage. From the end of February to the first week of March, Santa Paula had one night of 30 deg F, and 3 nights of 33 and a few nights around 35..
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The Mediterranean Fruit fly will be the topic of UC Davis Distinguished Professor James R. Carey's presentation on Wednesday, May 25. (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Spring Quarter Seminars Announced

March 15, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The list of spring quarter seminars hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology has been announced by coordinator Shahid Siddique, assistant professor of nematology. The seminars will take place at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesdays, beginning March 30 and continuing through June 1.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Reading Up on Citrus ACP and HLB

March 14, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Translating the science of managing HLB Your resource for learning about existing and new tools being developed by researchers to protect and manage citrus from the causative agent of huanglongbing (HLB).
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Three nematologists kept busy at their booth at the UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. In front is coordinator Shahid Siddique, assistant professor, and his doctoral students Pallavi Shakya (nearest him) and Alison Coomer. In the back (far right) is Rob Blundell, not part of the lab, but who assisted. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Nematode Booth Wows Crowd at UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day

March 11, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Nematodes! The display of nematodes (aka "roundworms") at the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day, held Sunday, March 6 in the UC Davis Conference Center, drew scores of curious visitors. Many were dog owners with an interest in heartworms.
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This image of a squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, appears in the article, "The Plight of the Pollinators," in the March edition of the UC Davis Magazine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis Entomologists Weigh in on 'Plight of the Pollinators'

March 11, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Several UC Davis scientists, including Professor Lynn Kimsey, and Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, weighed in on "The Plight of the Pollinators," in an informative article by Ula Chrobak in the March edition of UC Davis Magazine, edited...
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