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If you've ever glimpsed a European wool carder bee foraging in your yard, chances are that's all...
Male European wool carder bee heads for a catmint (Nepeta) leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Male European wool carder bee on catmint (Nepeta). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Lindcove Field Day Focuses on Citricola Scale
On Thursday Sep 13, Lindcove REC hosted a field day for growers and pest control advisors on the...
Sharing a Sunflower
You often see a single solitary bee on a sunflower. Perhaps it's a sunflower bee (Svastra) or a...
This photo shows a honey bee (bottom left), a sunflower bee, Svastra, (center) and a sweat bee, Halictus ligatus, with another sweat bee, Halictus tripartus, coming in for a landing. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Now That's Italian!
Now that's Italian! The Italian honey bee (below) nectaring on a zinnia at the University of...
Italian honey bee forages on a zinnia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
UC Davis staff research associate/beekeeper Billy Synk admires a freshly bottled jar of honey to the sun. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Citricola Scale Field Day at Lindcove
Citricola Scale - Update on Resistance and the Efficacy of Insecticides Nearing Registration
Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell
University of California
Citrus IPM Specialist and Research Entomologist
Thursday, September 13, 2012, 9:00-10:00 am
Location: Lindcove Research & Extension Center
22963 Carson Ave, Exeter CA
(559) 592-2408 ext 151 (call for directions)
We will bring the mobile teaching lab to an LREC orchard in which we are comparing registered and unregistered insecticides. Several new insecticides are nearing registration (2013-2014) and the efficacy of these products will be discussed. Field monitoring of citricola scale will be demonstrated including recommended treatment threshold densities for the fall period. We will also discuss ongoing organophosphate insecticide resistance studies.
No advance sign-up is needed for this session. One continuing education credit has been requested for this session.