Pest Management & Plant Health

UC Cooperative Extension specialist Ian Grettenberger, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is coordinating the department's fall seminars, held virtually on Wednesdays at 4:10 p.m. Zoom links will be accessible via the Google form link. The schedule: Oct.

Most of us have experienced itchy skin from a biting insect at least once in our lives. Insects and spiders such as mosquitoes, ticks, mites, bed bugs, fleas, and head lice can and do bite people.

Ladybugs--actually "lady beetles" as these insects are beetles--know exactly where to lay their cluster of eggs--where the aphids and other prey are. Thoughtful of the moms, isn't it? Moms are like that. Look on or under your rosebush leaves. Look under your milkweed leaves.

While you are home working, learning, or relaxing, you may have noticed a few other critters sharing space with you.

There's a new weed science publication: Pest Notes: Pokeweed Author: Scott Oneto, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor American pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) is a robust, non-woody shrub that is spreading in parts of California.

A virtual forage and alfalfa field day - our insect pest contribution This year, the Kearney Research and Extension Center Alfalfa and Forage Field Day went virtual.

Time to renew your DPR license? Take a new online course on air blast sprayer calibration Cheryl Reynolds, UC Statewide IPM Program We're excited to announce that a brand-new online course on air blast spray calibration is now available.

Time to renew your DPR license? Take a new online course on air blast sprayer calibration Cheryl Reynolds, UC Statewide IPM Program We're excited to announce that a brand-new online course on air blast spray calibration is now available.

We're excited to announce that a brand-new online course on air blast spray calibration is now available.

Several crown, fruit, and foliar diseases cause significant yield losses to strawberry. Gray mold or Botrytis fruit rot caused by Botrytis cinerea, mucor fruit rot by Mucor spp., and Rhizopus fruit rot by Rhizopus spp. are common fungal diseases in California.