Pest Management & Plant Health

An all-star lineup of tree pest experts from UC Cooperative Extension and other organizations will speak about Pests & Diseases of Southern California Trees at the Winter 2022 Street Tree Seminar. Offered online through Zoom, the seminar takes place Thursday, February 24 from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm.

Groundhogs are infamous for announcing the arrival of spring for folks in the eastern part of the United States. Groundhogs hibernate, so if Punxsatawney Phil pops up out of his den and sees his shadow today, it's said there will be six more weeks of winter. If he doesn't, spring comes early.

Medical entomologist Thomas W. Scott, a UC Davis distinguished professor who retired in 2015 but continues his scientific research, has been named one of the world's Highly Cited Researchers for the third consecutive year. Professor Scott, who now resides in Luck, Wis.

UC IPM is excited to continue with our monthly urban and community IPM webinars. Webinars cover pest identification, management, and pesticide use around homes and gardens for California residents. Spring webinar registration is now open to the public.

[From the UC IPM blog Pests in the Urban Landscape] We all encounter pests in our homes, gardens, and landscapes, but which ones are most popular in California? While we can't say for certain, website traffic to UC IPM's Pest Notes gives us a glimpse of popular pests.

Steve Fennimore is a Professor of Extension (Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist) at UC Davis. His office is located in Salinas, California. Small acreage Brassica vegetables need additional herbicide options.

The UC Davis Vector Genetics Laboratory, part of the School of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology (PMI), has been awarded a $10.

Recent wet weather in many parts of the state has spurred emergence of winter weeds. How these weeds are managed varies by the type of weed and where it's growing. In IPM, identification is always the first step toward effective pest management.

Hello! If you signed up for our Planting and Pruning Bare Root Fruit Trees for Tuesday, January 25, 2022 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. you should have received an email with the Zoom link and a copy of the presentation. If you still want to sign, please do so now using this link http://ucanr.

It's Friday Fly Day--and time to post images of a syrphid fly. Syrphid flies, often mistaken for honey bees, are pollinators, too. Also known as flower flies and hover flies, syrphids hover over a flower before touching down.