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Pests in the Urban Landscape

Pruning Trees in Winter

Winter is an ideal time to prune deciduous fruit and shade trees, since the trees are dormant and...

Posted on Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 4:41 PM
Tags: apricot (4), cherry (6), disease (54), dormant (1), environmental disorders (5), fruit (10), pest (210), prune (5), pruning (7), tree (22), trees (18), UC IPM (404), winter (10)
Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Rodenticides: Use, Issues, and Nontarget Exposure

[From the Winter 2017 issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] Rodenticides are essential tools in...

Posted on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 at 12:43 PM
Tags: anticoagulant (1), bait (9), house mouse (5), management (73), Quinn (17), rats (20), rodenticides (1), rodents (12), toxicants (1), UC IPM (404)

Mistletoe

Mistletoe hung in doorways is a traditional holiday decoration, but when it's growing on trees in...

Dwarf mistletoe stems and seeds on a pine branch. (Photo: Jack Kelly Clark)
Dwarf mistletoe stems and seeds on a pine branch. (Photo: Jack Kelly Clark)

Dwarf mistletoe stems and seeds on a pine branch. (Photo: Jack Kelly Clark)

Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at 2:57 PM
Tags: broadleaf (1), dwarf (1), holiday (6), mistletoe (4), parasitic plant (4), trees (18), UC IPM (404)

Ground-Breaking Discovery Made in Preventing Devastating Citrus Disease

In a ground-breaking discovery encompassing six years of research, an international team of...

Posted on Wednesday, December 13, 2017 at 1:20 PM

Pine Tree Pests

This time of year, deciduous trees go dormant, and evergreen trees such as pine are more visible in...

Posted on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 1:29 PM
Tags: diseases (11), drought (10), environmental disorders (5), insects (19), mortality (1), pests (74), pine (3), tree (22), UC IPM (404)

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