Pest Management & Plant Health

BioDivDay is Sunday. March 6 at the UC Davis Conference Center: Can't wait to see you! That's the message the organizers of the 11th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day are spreading throughout social media.

Recently, we recorded two videos on growing spring vegetables. The presentation reviewed how to prepare your garden soil, choose the plants you'd like to grow, and how to grow plants from seed or transplants.

All mistletoes infest and grow as parasites on trees and large shrubs. In some cases, the host plant can be severely damaged. But recent studies have shown that broadleaf mistletoes can shelter and feed wildlife, including birds and small mammals.

By Ashley Han Marketing and Communications UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Bill Patterson, longtime butterfly collector and supporter of the University of California, Davis, is giving $1 million to the university's R.M.

From the UC Rice Blog :: Feb. 18, 2022 We have recently produced a series of videos on weedy rice identification in California. Each video is biotype-specific. Our UC Rice YouTube Channel also has many other recordings from our virtual meetings and webinars.

Hello everyone, last night we had a class in English on Spring Vegetable Gardening. If you weren't able to make it, you can watch the recording we did last year on our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_LKIOSIPTc&t=1s Tonight, February 23, 2022 we are holding this class in Spanish.

Plants "know" when insects are eating them and take defensive measures.

During the 2021 season, we conducted an insecticide trial evaluating a new insecticide being developed for a range of crops. It could be a very good fit for alfalfa weevil given the efficacy we saw as well as the critical need for novel modes of action for alfalfa weevil management.

From the Journal of Aquatic Plant ManagementSpecial Issue Vol. 59s 2021 Guy B. Kyser, John D. Madsen, John Miskella, and Jon O'Brien FULL ARTICLE Abstract The SacramentoSan Joaquin Delta is the largest freshwater estuary on the West Coast of the United States.

Molecular biologist Adam Steinbrenner, an assistant professor of biology at the University of Washington, will present a Feb. 23rd seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on "Plant Immune Recognition of Insect Herbivores.