Pest Management & Plant Health

You may have heard about the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), a tiny insect that spreads a disease called Huanglongbing (HLB) or citrus greening. Infected citrus tree fruits remain green and do not ripen, and the fruit tastes bitter. Diseased trees decline and eventually die. There is no cure.

UC Davis will host the seventh annual International Pollinator Conference, a four-day conference focusing on pollinator biology health and policy. It is set from Wednesday, July 17 through Saturday, July 20, 2019 in the ARC Ballroom.

South Sacramento Valley Processing Tomato Production Meeting When: Thursday, January 10, 2019 Time: 7:45am to 12:00pm Where: Woodland Community Center (2001 East Street, Woodland, CA 95776).

Seminar series coordinator Geoffrey Attardo, medical entomologist and assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, has announced the list of seminars for the winter quarter. The seminars begin Jan. 9 and continue through March 13. All will take place from 4:10 to 5 p.m.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request: Hi Master Gardeners. The weed in my yard is shown in the picture. I don't know what is the name and how it is reproduced. I used Google image search to find info about the weed.

Welcome to our blog! We are excited to announce the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener Program is starting in Stanislaus County.

Our postdoctoral scholar, Dr. Jia-Wei Tay, has successfully completed her postoctoral research, and will be leaving the Choe laboratory. Dr. Tay has been working on a novel baiting system (i.e.

Have you ever seen a wasp oviposit or lay its eggs inside a caterpillar? Or the egg of a moth? it's not always easy to tell what's going on without destroying both species.

When a wasp lays its eggs inside a caterpillar or parasitizes it, it's not always easy to tell what's going on without destroying both species.

UC Cooperative Extension advisors are on the front line and get the most interesting questions from our community. Someone brought some wasps into our office, and was worried they were invading her home, and wondered how to get rid of them.