Pest Management & Plant Health

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The avocado, often thought of as a vegetable, is really a fruit and it's packed with potassium. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Food Blog: Article

Why 'AA' is for Avocado Addict

August 15, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're like most of us, you go bananas for a banana for breakfast. It's healthy, nutritious and packed with potassium. But wait! You should probably go bananas for another fruit--that pear-shaped avocado. Did you know the avocado provides more potassium than a banana? It does.
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USDA forest research entomologist Steve Seybold (foreground) and UC Davis doctoral student Corwin Parker peel bark to reveal larvae of bark beetles and wood borers. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bohart Museum Open House to Emphasize 'Fire and Insects'

August 13, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology will emphasize "fire and insects" when it hosts an open house, Extreme Insects: Fire and Ice, on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 19. The public event, to take place from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Children of California migratory workers react to seeing a Madagacar hissing cockroach at the Bohart Museum of Entomology. A news story by Kathy Keatley Garvey, communications specialist for the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, won the gold award in newswriting at the ACE conference. She also won a silver award for her "Once Upon a Monarch" post on her Bug Squad blog. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

UC Davis, UC ANR Communicators Bring Home the Gold, Silver and Bronze

August 9, 2018
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Six communicators affiliated with the University of California, Davis, or the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) received a total of 10 awards for excellence at the 2018 conference of the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agricultu...
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Stinknet plant. (Credit: Ron Vanderhoff)

Stinknet, an Emerging Invasive Weed

August 8, 2018
By Cheryl A Wilen
I recently attended a Santa Ana River Orange County Weed Management Area (SAROCWMA) meeting and there was an opportunity for participants to update the group about new invasive plants as well as give an update on management of these and others.
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Vol 74 Pest Manage Sci
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

All About Glyphosate: An Issue of the Journal 'Pest Management Science' Dedicated to the Active Ingredient

August 8, 2018
Glyphosate was commercialized in 1974. Since then, it has become one of the most widely used (and studied) herbicides. According to Duke (2018b), almost 20,000 scientific publications and patents have included glyphosate as a focus; only 2,4-D surpasses it with respect to citations.
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Vol 74 Pest Manage Sci
Notes in the Margins: Agronomy and Weed Science Musings: Article

Pest Management Science issue dedicated solely to articles about glyphosate

August 7, 2018
Glyphosate was commercialized in 1974. Since then, it has become one of the most widely used and studied herbicides. According to Duke (2018b), almost 20,000 scientific publications and patents have included glyphosate as a focus; only 2,4-D surpasses it with respect to citations.
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Summer Pests? Video Solutions!

August 5, 2018
By Anne E Schellman
Summer is all about being outdoors and enjoying camping, swimming, playing, and other activities with family and friends. But it's a real drag when pests such as ants, yellowjackets, or mosquitoes ruin the fun.
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Fig. 1. Lettuce aphid.
Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

Got "red" aphids?

August 3, 2018
Since last week, I have been receiving samples with red aphids to get the identification. It turned out that this time, most of these reddish' aphids were identified as the lettuce aphid, Nasonovia ribis-nigri (Fig. 1).
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