Pest Management & Plant Health

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Close up of red orange oblong eggs in three neat lines laid along the stem of a bright green, hairy squash leaf.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Register for Upcoming Webinars This Fall

September 3, 2021
The next Urban & Community IPM webinar will be Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 1:00pm. This month's topic is Identifying Insect Pests in the Home and Garden, presented by Elaine Lander.
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Fall quarter seminars
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Department's Fall Quarter Seminars Announced

September 2, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Nematologist and plant pathologist Shahid Siddique, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and coordinator of the department's seminars for the 2021-22 academic year, has announced the list of fall quarter seminars. The fall quarter seminars begin Sept.
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Figure 2. Beets growing in a garden bed. Photo by Jennifer Baumbach, UCCE.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Applying Pesticides around Edible Gardens

September 2, 2021
By Lauren Fordyce
If your company does residential landscape pest control, your employees should be trained to know what to do when they encounter a vegetable garden, or fruit or nut trees in a yard (Figure 1).
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Rice Pest Management Course 2021
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

EVENTS :: Upcoming weed science events

September 2, 2021
By Gale Perez
Rice Pest Management Course (in-person event) Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 Hamilton Road Field and CA Rice Experiment Station, Biggs, CA Approved for DPR and CCA continuing education units. Online registration closes 9/7/2021. Walk-ins accepted if space is available.
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A lady beetle, aka ladybug, munches on an aphid, as another aphid looks as if it's waiting its turn to be eaten. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

All Hail the Lady Beetles!

September 1, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Step right up, folks! I'm a lady beetle, aka ladybug, and it's lunch time. Or maybe it's snack time, I don't know. I don't talk when my mouth is full. What I do know is this: aphids are tasty and they line up to be eaten.
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Master Gardeners, community volunteers help plant recommended drought, heat, and pest and disease resistant trees
Landscape Horticulture Updates for Southern California: Article

Master Gardener Spotlight: Redlands Tree Canopy Enhancement Team

August 30, 2021
By Janet S Hartin
It's only right that our University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Bernardino County Master Gardener Trees for Tomorrow' team of volunteers are our featured Spotlight' Master Gardeners for September, 2021.
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This hornworm is feeding on a pepper plant. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Hornworms Are Not Your Friends

August 30, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you love tomatoes, you probably hate hornworms. Frankly, the garden's not big enough for both of you, and one of you has to go. It's not you. It's the hornworm.
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Barb goatgrass
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Integration of grazing and herbicide application improves management of barb goatgrass and medusahead in pasture and rangelands

August 29, 2021
By Josh S Davy
From the California Agriculture 75(2):83-89. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2021a0011 ***************** Abstract The invasive annual grasses barb goatgrass (Aegilops triuncialis L.) and medusahead (Elymus caput-medusae L.) are widespread in western states and present management challenges on grasslands.
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