Pest Management & Plant Health

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Help Desk Request: I'm delighted you're available to help diagnose garden problems! Below are four pictures of a grape leaf problem.

A funny thing happened on the way to Bug Land. Well, many funny things.

One of the outcomes of teaching a general entomology course to undergraduates for many, many years is that I have taken on a new appreciation for science fiction and fantasy.

Hats off to the 12 members of the Graduating Class of 2019, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Wisteria Vein Mosaic Virus Advice from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Question: This spring I planted 4 wisteria vines around our pergola and they've grown well but now two plants have bumpy leaves and one has brown curl at the end of a few leaves.

Pollination ecologist Neal Williams, professor with the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is a newly selected Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, a group of world-class scientists known for their scientific impact or outstanding contributions.

It's been awhile since I attempted gardening any kinds of vegetables out in the Mesa after the initial year of failures. I thought hard about putting in raised beds closer to the house, maybe putting in a pest deterrent fence around it.

Canines have a highly sensitive scent detection capability that is significantly better (parts per trillion) than most laboratory instruments and they can be trained to alert (either sit or lay) when they detect specific smells' (known as scent signatures).

2019 Annual Alfalfa and Forage Field Day Thursday, September 19, 2019 UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier 9240 S. Riverbend Ave. NO COST TO ATTEND Get ready for a half day of forage research demonstrations and educational presentations in the field and in the classroom.

City of Riverside staff draped a synthetic screen on a steel frame to encompass the 'parent navel' orange tree at the corner of Arlington and Magnolia avenues in Riverside to protect it from Asian citrus psyllids that spread huanglongbing disease, reported Ryan Hagen in the Riverside Press-Enterpris...