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August 5, 2022
Confirmation of New Citrus Virus in California
By Citrus Insider The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has confirmed positive identifications of...
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July 7, 2022
DPR Announces Second Year of Enhanced Funding for Grant Opportunities to Accelerate Transition to Safer, More Sustainable Pest Management Practices
By Department of Pesticide Regulation The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced $4.65 million in upcoming grant opportunities to...
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January 11, 2022
UC Davis Doctoral Student Alison Coomer Wins Global Nematode Thesis Competition
UC Davis doctoral student Alison Coomer is an international champion By Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology and...
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Meet the People Pests and Diseases Science and Research University of California, Davis University of California, Division of Agricultural and Natural Resources
December 22, 2021
UC Davis Entomology Major Known Internationally as ‘Gwentomologist’
UC Davis entomology major Gwen Edosh with a whip scorpion she collected in Tucson. The 21-year-old undergraduate researcher has 21,999...
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July 22, 2021
Study: New Fumigation Stategy
New Fumigation Techniques for Soilborne Diseases By Tim Hammerich with the Ag Information Network Protecting fruit from soilborne pathogens is...
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July 10, 2020
Promising Research on the Battle Against Huanglongbing in Citrus
Riverside (UCR), has conducted greenhouse trials on young citrus plants to investigate the role of citrus-derived peptides in the battle...
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July 9, 2020
Virulent Newcastle Disease Eradication
Some good news on the topic of viruses, this time Virulent Newcastle Disease. State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones says the...
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June 18, 2020
New Date for Citrus Post-Harvest Pest Conf.
Citrus Post-Harvest Pest Control Conference Postponed to Sept. 2021 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 41st Annual Citrus Post-Harvest Pest...
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April 27, 2020
New Bt From Vestaron Will Help With Worm Pests
A New Bt Innovation For Worm Pests Tree nut growers – large/small, conventional/organic - are familiar with Bt, or Bacillus...
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