We don't often find flies such a popular topic of conversation, but given recent events, we'd like to seize the moment to share some science-based information about their status as both pests and beneficial insects. Flies can be nuisance insects both indoors and outdoors.
As both a Mindfulness Meditation teacher and a Master Gardener, I am sometimes asked if gardening is like meditation, and I always answer that it can be. Mindfulness is paying careful attention to the present moment in a kind and non-judgmental way.
Technology plays a crucial role in the development of insect science--and entomologists, their students and society must embrace it, says Christian Nansen, an associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, who keynoted a presentation at the virtual meeting of the 47th Congress o...
For the first butterfly, it was the right place at the right time. An alfalfa or sulfur butterfly (Colias eurytheme) fluttered into our pollinator garden in Vacaville to sip some nectar from a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia). It lingered for several minutes.
Ladybugs--actually "lady beetles" as these insects are beetles--know exactly where to lay their cluster of eggs--where the aphids and other prey are. Thoughtful of the moms, isn't it? Moms are like that. Look on or under your rosebush leaves. Look under your milkweed leaves.
Strawberries, which generated $2.2 billion for California growers mainly on the coast in 2019, are sensitive to soilborne diseases. Strawberry plant roots infected by fungi are unable to take in nutrients and water, causing the leaves and stems to wilt.
COVID-19 has highly impacted?under-served and vulnerable populations. The working poor, persons with disabilities, youth, indigenous peoples, and seniors are struggling to cope.
ONLINE In June 2020, IGIS hosted the 4th annual DroneCamp in collaboration with CSU Monterey Bay, the UC Unmanned Aircraft System Safety office, and Monterey Bay DART.
CRB Announces its 2020 Citrus Webinar Series The Citrus Research Board (CRB) in coordination with the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM) is rolling out a new CRB Webinar Series, geared toward citrus growers and industry professionals.
