…Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service, National Center for Appropriate Technology, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Northwest Center for Alternative to Pesticides, Oregon Tilth, Virginia Biological Farming Association and Wild Farm…
Western View: Plants Communicate
…Division of Biological Sciences. They placed caterpillars on a rockcress, a small flowering plant that is related to cabbage and mustard. With a special laser-powered microphone and a reflector they…
UC Berkeley to Lead Study of Crop Drought Tolerance
…in commercial fields and on marginal lands. The Energy Department’s Genomic Science Program is funding this project through its Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Link to item at UC…
Scholarship Supports Biological Control Research
Harry Scott Smith Courtesy: UCR Biological control is an essential part of any pest management system. The agriculture community can help support natural defenses research, starting with students through the…
Common Insect Impacting Wasp Effectiveness
Courtesy: UCANR Researchers faced a problem with an insect that every grower has in their groves during a trial looking at biological control of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). Ants…
Tamarixia Wasp Populations Doing Well
…release a parasitic wasp called tamarixia in California and add some biological control to Asian citrus psyllid pest managment. Cooperative Extension Specialist Mark Hoddle says it was important to get…
Second Wasp Released for Psyllid Control
Courtesy: USDA A second parasitic wasp has been released to bolster the biological control of the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). Second Wasp to Help Tamarixia Growers heard about a 2-year…
Overseas Biological Control Trial for ACP
…Biological Control for ACP Cooperative Extension Specialist Mark Hoddle has been participating in a study in Pakistan for a few years. Hoddle says getting the natural defenses that are familiar…
R-MAX Drone Gets Cleared for Takeoff
…helicopter about the size of a large mountain bike. State Drought Task Force Kicks Off Meetings AgNet West talked with UC Davis Biological and Agricultural Engineering Professor Ken Giles last…
UC Davis Ranked Number 1 in World for Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
…top 50 universities in various subjects, including environmental sciences (15), biological sciences (29), earth and marine sciences (41), history (42), and statistics and operational research (50). QS rankings are based…
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Earth Day
…We are losing the potential they hold for providing medicinal and other benefits, and the contribution that genetic diversity of life forms gives to the robustness of the world’s biological…
APHIS Completes Learning Modules on the Pest Permitting Process
…movement, importation, continued curation, and release (removal from containment) of plant pathogenic microbes such as bacteria, viruses, viroids, fungi and nematodes. Biological Control Permitting – This module provides information about…
Vilsack Announces $30 Million to Fight Citrus Disease
…the insect Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis as a second biological control agent in California. One project will use a biocontrol fungus to kill ACP adults. One project will use a trap to…
Red Palm Weevil Close to Eradicated
…effort was put forth to not allow that to happen. Red Palm Weevil Close to Eradicated UC Riverside Extension Specialist in Biological Control Mark Hoddle says they are close to…