Ants can be a compounding issue for growers. Although the pest doesn’t always directly impact the crop or quality, they do hinder protective measures. UC Riverside Biological Control Specialist Dr. …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Hoop House Example of Spider Mite Control
Twospotted spider mite can be a significant issue when populations get large enough. However, in several cropping systems, biological control is attainable as long as growers have the right beneficial …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Push-pull Strategy Synergistic Effect
The logic behind the push-pull strategy with agricultural pests has been around for a while and is simple. You repel the insect with one product and attract them with another. …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Entomopathogenic Fungi Mythbusting
Do entomopathogenic fungi based products have a shorter shelf life? Because it is a fungus, can you use a fungicide in conjunction with these products? Growers still have many unknowns …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Nematode’s High Level of Peachtree Borer Control
Peachtree borer can wreak havoc on several stone fruit crops such as peach, cherry, and plum trees. Controlling the insect can be challenging because, as their name describes, the pest …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Protecting Grape Pruning Wounds From Disease
Grape pruning is something growers do every season. It’s a natural part of producing healthy grapes. Growers also know that the wounds created by that pruning can become a big …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Evaluating Biologicals on Botrytis in Strawberries
This episode of the Making Sense of Biologicals program looks at a case study on control of botrytis in strawberry production. UC Cooperative Extension Entomology and Biologics Advisor Dr. Surendra …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Plant-Based Biopesticides and Concentration Complexities
Plant-based biopesticides are more widely used in urban settings than in agriculture. Some of the products can be very effective in the right circumstance, and Kansas State Professor and Extension …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Variations of Mating Disruption Under Biopesticides
Mating disruption and pheromone use are examples of biochemicals that fall under the category of biopesticides. Most growers are familiar with at least one way those products are applied, but …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Biologicals Not Just For An Organic IPM Program
A complete IPM program is a perfect place for a lot of the biological products on the market. UC Cooperative Extension Entomology and Biologics Advisor Surendra Dara joins AgNet West’s …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Not All Nematodes Are Bad
Nematodes are usually a bad word for producers. In this episode of Making Sense of Biologicals, USDA’s Dr. David Shapiro is back to inform growers that there are also beneficial …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Biostimulants a Broad Category
This episode of Making Sense of Biologicals digs a little deeper into biostimulants. UC Davis’s Dr. Patrick Brown talks about all of the products that fall under that term, including …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Increasing Interest and Remaining Challenges
This episode of Making Sense of Biologicals details why we continue to see an increased interest in biological products. UC Cooperative Extension Entomology and Biologicals Advisor Dr. Surendra Dara discusses …
Making Sense of Biologicals: Types of Biocontrol Agents and Challenges
This episode of Making Sense of Biologicals looks at biocontrol agents. Although the category falls outside of the three general subcategories of biologicals, it’s an important tool for growers an …