Pest Management & Plant Health

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A sulphur butterfly, Colias eurytheme, and a honey bee, Apis mellifera, meet on lavender. The butterfly is a male, as identified by Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Bee and the Butterfly

June 1, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The bee and the butterfly. Or, Apis mellifera and Colias eurytheme. One's a beneficial insect. That would "bee" the honey bee. The other is a yellow and white butterfly, striking in appearance, but in its larval stage, it's a major pest of alfalfa.
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ELECTRIC SOLUTION: Thermal weed control via a tractor equipped with a generator, a transformer and an operator could be a solution to herbicide resistance. (Photo credit: M. Moretti)
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Electric weed control takes hold in orchards

May 31, 2022
By Gale Perez
From Page 13 of the Western Farm Press (May 2022) magazine By Lee Allen (Contributing writer) Sometimes it takes a long time for an idea to be embraced by the public. Take electric weed control, a concept first patented in 1890, yet it hadn't received much attention until a few decades ago.
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Environmental contamination Wikimedia commons
Spill the Beans: Article

Using Pesticides the IPM Way

May 30, 2022
Melody Kendall Pesticide use has become quite the controversy of late. I have used products in the past that now make me cringe when I think about how blithely I spread such toxic compounds in my garden.
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Isgouhi Kaloshian
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Isgouhi Kaloshian: Seminar on Her Root-Knot Nematode Research

May 27, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Molecular geneticist and nematologist Isgouhi Kaloshian, divisional dean of the Agricultural and Natural Resources for the Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UC Riverside, and a professor at UC Riverside, will be the next and final speaker of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's sp...
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Stan Library
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

June Gardening Classes at Stanislaus County Libraries

May 27, 2022
By Anne E Schellman
Summer is a great time to sit inside an air-conditioned library and learn about gardening! For June, we've added monthly classes at the Salida Library Branch, and next month we are adding the Patterson Library.
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The Mediterranean Fruit Fly, aka medfly, will be one of the topics when UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey presents a seminar on May 25. (Photo by Jack Kelly Clark, UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM), UC Agriculture and Natural Resources)
Bug Squad: Article

'Carey's Equality' Explained--and Much, Much More

May 23, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Ever heard of Carey's Equality? Do you know who discovered it? That would be UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, who will present a departmental seminar at 4:10 p.m.
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A shrimp tadpole, pest of rice. (Photo by Ian Grettenberger)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Bohart Museum Open House to Focus on 'Bugs in Ag'

May 23, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Bohart Museum of Entomology will focus on pests of agricultural crops, including rice and alfalfa, at its open house from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 28. The event, titled Bugs in Ag: What Is Eating Our Crops and What Is Eating Them? will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.
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