Pest Management & Plant Health

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Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County HD Client's Request: I have a very large live oak in my front yard. In recent years I have noticed a decline, wonder if you can help. Please see pictures below.

Hear that buzz? If you're thinking about becoming a beekeeper but don't know how and where to begin, the University of California, Davis, is offering beginning beekeeping classes in early August.

Do you want to become a beekeeper or do you want to learn more about beekeeping?

Summer is here, and so is the Stanislaus County Fair! Our brand-new University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener Program is excited to have a presence at the fair this year, with volunteers who have just graduated this past June.

Weedy Rice Workshop 10:00 12:00 followed by lunch August 1st, 2019 Colusa Casino Chairman's Room Agenda 9:30 Doors Open, Sign In 10:00 12:00 Presentations Introduction and Update on Weedy Rice Distribution Regulatory Update Rice Seed Quality Assurance Program Update Weedy Rice Biology, Ecology, Ge...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2019 FIRST MOSQUITO SAMPLE OF THE SEASON TESTS POSITIVE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS Elk Grove, Ca.The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District confirmed today that the first mosquito sample of the season has tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV).

Two species of Blatta cockroaches can be common peridomestic pests in California, including the familiar oriental cockroach (B. orientalis) and a relative newcomer, the Turkestan cockroach (B. lateralis, Figure 1).

The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardeners of Stanislaus County are teaching a free Managing Pests in Your Vegetable Garden class on Thursday, July 18, 2019 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Agriculture Center on 3800 Cornucopia Way in Modesto at Harvest Hall, Rooms D&E.

Botrytis fruit rot or gray mold, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is common fruit disease in California strawberries (Koike et al. 2018). Botrytis cinerea has a wide host range infecting several commercially important crops including blueberry (Saito et al. 2016), grapes (Saito et al.