Integrated Pest Management

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.

While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.

Agricultural entomologist Emily Bick, who received her doctorate in entomology last year from UC Davis and is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen, is a newly selected recipient of an American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Publishing Grant.

While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.

PPE in short supply for farm work during the COVID-19 crisis While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.

[From the UC IPM Pests in the Landscape Blog] Every April, we celebrate Earth Day and think about ways we can help make our planet healthier.

One day, about two years ago, I spent an afternoon in a grove of apple trees, looking at bees. The trees on Lake Arrowhead's Orchard Bay, I learned, pre-date the existence of the lake, which was born in 1915 with the damming of Little Bear Creek (a tributary of the Mojave River).

The past few years I've seen more lizards (Sceloporus) running across my yard starting in the spring and lasting through the fall since lizards hibernate during the winter. The most common lizards in our area are fence lizards, also known as the blue belly lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis).

Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA), presented its annual awards at a virtual ceremony on Monday, April 20. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, no physical gathering took place, and the congratulations and applause bestowed were online only.

While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food.