Integrated Pest Management

Rachel Elkins, UC Cooperative Extension pomology farm advisor for Lake and Mendocino counties, plans to retire from UC July 1 after 36 years, 33 years in her current position.

Jose Aguiar Rachel Elkins Beth Grafton-Cardwell Allan Fulton Kurt Hembree Anna Martin Glenn McGourty John Roncoroni Rhonda Smith Cheryl Wilen From farm worker to farm advisor - A life of fulfillment Jose Aguiar, who has been working as a vegetable crops small farm advisor for the University of Calif...

For the past three months, COVID-19 and social distancing requirements have changed the way the UC Master Gardener Program serves our mission to extend trusted gardening information.

The 2019-2020 winners of UC ANR's Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) Awards were recognized and celebrated on June 18. The awards reward outstanding individual and team performances by staff. Individual Awards Zeva Cho, 4-H Youth Development Program, CE San Mateo/San Francisco.

How do you keep ants off your hummingbird feeders? That was a question a Bug Squad reader asked: "I was wondering if you had any tips on how to keep ants off and out of the hummingbird feeder? I've put Vaseline on the line it hangs from, and that helped for a long time.

Three UC Davis-affiliated communication specialists won a total of six writing or photography awards in a global competition hosted by the international Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

COVID-19 is having a tremendous impact on social, environmental, and economic conditions throughout the state of California and across the globe. Collectively we have endured a series of losses, from financial security to the lives of loved ones.

When you think of potatoes, your thoughts probably turn to baked potatoes, French fries, the "one-potato-two-potato" game, or "couch potatoes" (especially during the sheltering-in mandates). You're not thinking of root-knot nematodes, major pests of potatoes.

An excellent idea. Food ought to be incorporated as an integral part of our school curricula, says UC Davis agricultural entomologist Christian Nansen, an associate professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology. Yes! And he welcomes teachers' involvement in this important project.

Potato growers should think plant immunity, not toxic chemicals, when root-knot nematodes attack their crops, says UC Davis nematologist Shahid Siddique.