Category Archives: UC IPM Integrated Pest Management Program

Pyrethroids Under Review

EPA Reviewing Pyrethroids Ag Industry Urged to Comment By Patrick Cavanaugh, Farm News Director The pyrethroid insecticide class is in …

Unprecedented CAPCA Conference Attendance!

Agriculture Needs a Hero! Welcome to the Annual CAPCA Conference.   In an exclusive interview at the 42nd Annual California Association …

ACP Spread in Bakersfield Area, Ingenious Research Proceeds

Ingenious Research Effort to Fight ACP Spread with Natural Predators   By Joanne Lui, Associate Editor   As we have …

Food Tank’s Farm Tank Summit in Sacramento Reveals Knowledge Gap

Food Tank’s 1st Annual Farm Tank Summit in Sacramento Reveals Gap in Agricultural Knowledge Good Starting Point for Constructive Conversation By Patrick Cavanaugh, …

Spider Mites Gave Almond Industry Reprieve in 2016

Spider Mites Showed up Late This Season By Lauren Dutra, Associate Editor   This year, near-perennial spider mite pressure on almonds …

Weedy Rice Challenges Some Rice Growers

Weedy Rice Crops Ups Again in Northern Calif. Rice Fields   By Patrick Cavanaugh, Farm News Director   In Northern California, …

Jamming Leafhopper Signals

Jamming Leafhopper Signals to Reduce Insect Populations that Vector Plant Disease By Patrick Cavanaugh, Farm News Director     An innovative team …

Vigilant Seed Bank Reduction for Weed Control

Vigilant Seed Bank Reduction: Whatever it takes, don’t let weeds set seed. By Patrick Cavanaugh, Farm News Director   For …

Breaking News: Cal Poly Opens New Greenhouse and Insect Rearing Facility

New Greenhouse Facility Opens to Save Citrus from Psyllids that Vector HLB Facility to Rear Tamarixia Radiata, Natural ACP Predator By Patrick Cavanaugh, …