Pest Management & Plant Health

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This was the scene at the Bohart Museum of Entomology during the 2018 UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Ready for UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day?

January 23, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Are you ready for the eighth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day on Saturday, Feb. 16 when 13 museums and collections will be open on the University of California, Davis, campus? The event, free, family friendly and educational, is always held on Presidents' Day weekend.
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The potato psyllid, a pest of potatoes, transmits a bacteria that causes zebra chip disease. (Photo by Don Henne)
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UC Davis Researcher Targeting Zebra Chip: It's Not a Chip You Want

January 21, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When you're munching on French fries or potato chips, you're probably not thinking about the potato psyllid. But you should be. You should especially be thinking about the zebra chip. No, it's not a newly marketed potato chip or computer chip.
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Peach Leaf Curl
HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Young Peach Tree Problems

January 21, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Thank you for calling the UC Master Gardener Program Help Desk this morning with a question about your young peach tree.
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“Beyond chemicals, people are desperate for another way to fight weeds and electricity is back on the agenda,” says Andrew Diprose. © Chris Bennett
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Old Sparky: Could Electricity Be Farming’s New Weed Killer?

January 16, 2019
By Gale Perez
Some that Martin Guerena shared with us... From Ag Web :: January 14, 2019 January 14, 2019 08:27 AM By Chris Bennett Farm Journal Technology and Issues Editor Email One touch from old sparky and the current brings down the curtaindeath by electricity.
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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

What Hay Are You Feeding Your Horses?

January 14, 2019
Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: I'd like to feed my horses with Orchard Grass Hay. I'd like to be assured that it is "safe" for the horses and get it tested and analyzed to assure that it is "safe".
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This maggot art is the work of entomologist-artist Diane Ullman, professor of entomology at UC Davis and former chair of the department. She served as the co-founding director of the UC Davis Art/Science Fusion Program. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Don't Miss This: Maggot Art at the Bohart

January 11, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Maggot art at the Bohart! That rhymes. And that's what's planned as the family craft activity when the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house on fly research from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 12 in Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building, located on Crocker Lane, UC Davis campus.
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Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Don't let the bed bugs bite

January 10, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
As I sit in my hotel room tonight and work from atop my bed, I thought it would be useful to share the practice I always use each and every time I stay in a hotel: checking for bed bugs. Bed bugs can occur in any hotel whether it's a 5-star or 1-star hotel.
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Community Pest News: Article

Don't let the bed bugs bite

January 10, 2019
By Karey Windbiel-Rojas
As I sit in my hotel tonight and work from atop my bed, I thought it would be useful to share the practice I always use each and every time I stay in a hotel: checking for bed bugs. Bed bugs can occur in any hotel whether it's a 5-star or 1-star hotel.
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