Pest Management & Plant Health

Drones... If you're thinking of apiculture, you might be thinking of drones (male bees). But if you're thinking of agriculture--more specifically sustainable agriculture practices in the 21st century--you ought to be thinking of the importance of unmanned aerial robots.

Sustainable agricultural practices in the 21st century should increasingly depend on drones and other innovative technologies, says an international team of scientists, including UC Davis entomologist Elvira de Lange, in a newly published article in the Journal of Economic Entomology.

Tis the season for holiday travel. As you make reservations for rental accommodations to visit family and friends, we wanted to share a few suggestions to help you avoid bringing bed bugs home with you.

The sight of deer in the wild can be delightful but when these animals invade your garden, devouring everything in sight, people's ideas might change. The internet is full of advice for ridding your garden of deer, but beware, much of it is ineffective.

Today was a good day on the University of California, Davis, campus.

UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Soares Leal, a leading global scientist and inventor in the field of insect olfaction and communication, is a newly selected fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NIA), which honors and encourages academic inventions that benefit society.

Doctoral candidate and forest entomologist Jackson Audley of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, targets an invasive bark beetle that's about the size of a grain of rice. The beetle? The walnut twig beetle, Pityophthorus juglandis.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Home Gardener's Request: Thank you for calling the UC Master Gardener Program Help Desk concerning moles in your lawn. I'm sending links (below) for the information that we promised.

We hope by now most people have heard about and are aware of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a small brown insect that carries a deadly citrus disease called huanglongbing (HLB), threatening all backyard citrus trees as well as the statewide citrus industry.

Emily Bick does UC Davis proud, not to mention the field of entomology.