…environmental scientist specializing in biological control, and Mark Hoddle, UC Cooperative Extension biological control specialist. Funding was also provided by the USDA Farm Bill, the California Pistachio Research Board, the…
Options for Managing Vine Mealybug
…than fruit in a neighboring Crimson Seedless vineyard, which might be harvested in October. Due to the complexity of these and other factors, such as biological control, decisions about the…
CCM Responds to Introduction of Feinstein Water Bill
…a very necessary and positive step toward a policy that both protects the integrity of the Endangered Species Act biological opinions and clarifies where flexibility could exist in the storage…
Vine Mealybug More Challenging to Treat
…complexity of these and other factors, such as biological control, decisions about the level of mealybug control need to be made on a vineyard-by-vineyard basis. Read more from UC IPM….
Agri View: Bee Study
…light on the current decline of the bee population. Sandra Rehan, an assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of New Hampshire, and a team of researchers including Michael…
Effects of Drought for Forests and Rangelands
…rangelands, land and water resources, human health and welfare, and biological diversity. Together these serve as key, science-based, resources for anyone working to maintain or improve public and private lands…
Management Tool Lets Growers Get Specific
…form and you can look and see which of the alternative cultural biological controls work against the individual pest, as the same with the insecticide choices so all of those…
Citrus Industry This Week: Combat Psyllids with Biological Control
Today’s issue of Citrus Industry This Week includes an interview with Jawwad Qureshi discussing biological control of psyllids. Want to learn more? Click here to subscribe. Click here to subscribe…
Alyssum Attracts Good and Bad Insects
Courtesy : Surendra Dara Some growers use sweet alyssum to promote biological defenses but a new dangerous agriculture pest to California is also showing to be attracted to the plant….
Almond Board: Winter Sanitation in Almonds
…NOW moth flights In-season control of NOW with insecticides or biological control agents Prompt harvest before a third generation of NOW develops In addition to navel orangeworm, almonds are subject…
Agri View: Drones-Technology Driven
…for crop-dusting. “A vehicle like this gives you a way to get in and get out and get that treatment done,” said Ken Giles, a professor of biological and agricultural…
Agri View: South American Leaf Miner
…of biological factors are still largely under development and not ready to combat this pest effectively and in a cost effective way. Sex pheromone trap is using as an early…
Viewing HLB Prevention as Insurance Policy
…frequent testing of psyllids and leaf samples for the presence of the pathogen. Results are being used to delimit quarantine zones, guide releases of biological control agents, and prioritize areas…
USDA Announces $3.4 Million in Funding Available Through International Wheat Partnership Research Program
…IWYP include the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the United Kingdom (BBSRC); Grains Research and Development Corporation of Australia (GRDC); Department of Biotechnology of India (DBT), from Mexico,…