Integrated Pest Management

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County It's May and everything is growing beautifully, including weeds. Even if your garden is exceptionally well-weeded, new invaders will creep in and demand attention.

Learn About California Agriculture Join us on Thursday, May 21st, 9:30 am PST, for Part 2 of a webinar series on California agriculture, where we'll learn about major crops and production areas. This webinar will feature UCCE Ventura County advisors Andre Biscaro and Ben Faber.

Working title: Extension EducatorIntegrated Pest Management (IPM) Appointment: Full-time, Assistant Extension Professor (9623) Location: Extension Regional Office, To Be Determined Program Area: Extension Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (AFNR) Reports to: Program Leader, AFNR Apply by: June...

Strikingly beautiful with a striped yellow abdomen and ruby red and black polka dot wings, the spotted lanternfly's esthetic appeal belies its destructive nature.

"I love it when they say, You've taught me something new.' When Lisa Blecker hears these words from workshop participants, she says it is one of the greatest satisfactions in her role as a pesticide safety education coordinator with the UC Integrated Pest Management Program.

Gotta love that spider! If you don't like spiders, you should like this one: the green lynx spider, Peucetia viridans. It's bright green, the kind that makes you think of shamrocks and leprechauns and Ireland.

Soule named assistant vice provost for CE Katherine Soule will serve as ANR's new Assistant Vice Provost for Cooperative Extension.

UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) San Bernardino County Master Gardeners Jillian Kowalczuk and Adam Wagner's passion and enthusiasm for gardening, agriculture, and the UCCE San Bernardino County Master Gardener program made for a lively and fascinating interview recently! They want people to know that...

This piece appears elsewhere on the UC ANR website and was written by: Lisa Blecker, coordinator for the UC Pesticide Safety Education Program and Office of Pesticide Information and Coordination Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC Cooperative Extension rice advisor in Sutter and Yuba counties.

Watch out, lygus bugs! Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick is targeting you. Lygus hesperus, a serious pest of strawberries--as well as cotton, and seed crops such as alfalfa--causes an estimated $40 million in annual losses to California's strawberry industry.