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UC IPM Hosts Workshop for Retailers

Integrated Pest Management Workshop for Retail Nurseries and Garden Centers Register now for...

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Posted on Friday, September 20, 2019 at 1:43 PM

Tags: garden center (9), household (7), nursery (9), pest management (58), pesticides (30), retail nursery (8), training (14), vegetables (4)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Reading Pesticide Labels

Always read the label before purchasing to ensure you choose the correct product for your needs. (Credit: E Lander)

You've probably heard it's important to read the label on a pesticide bottle, but you might not...

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Posted on Monday, July 29, 2019 at 4:14 PM

Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: label (0), pesticides (0), retail (0), retail newsletter (0), retail nursery (0), safe (0), UC IPM (0), use (0), Windbiel-Rojas (0)

Focus Area Tags: Health, Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Mosquitoes in Garden Centers

Culex mosquito larvae. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

This article was written for the UC IPM Retail Nursery and Garden Center News, a publication...

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Posted on Monday, September 17, 2018 at 2:17 PM

Author: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: bacillus thuringiensis (0), California (0), deaths (0), encephalitis (0), garden center (0), larvae (0), malaria (0), retail newsletter (0), retail nursery (0), typhoid (0), UC IPM mosquitoes (0), West Nile virus (0), zika (0)

Focus Area Tags: Pest Management, Yard & Garden

Invasive Spotlight: Invasive Plants

The flowers of French broom are attractive, but this invasive plant is not a good choice for landscapes. (Credit: Jack Kelly Clark)

People in urban and suburban areas often use the term “invasive” to describe plants or...

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Posted on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 10:00 PM

Author: Anne Schellman
Contributor: Karey Windbiel-Rojas

Tags: california center for urban horticulture (2), economic impacts (1), endangered species (2), garden (39), invasive plants (2), landscape (47), non-native species (1), nursery (9), ornamentals (3), PlantRight (2), retail (11), UC IPM (264), weeds (29), wildfire (1)

New Invasive Plant Resources

Dyer's woad. (S. Orloff)

Invasive plants—plants that can disperse, establish, and spread without human assistance or...

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Giant Reed in a stream. (J. DiTomaso)

Giant Reed in a stream. (J. DiTomaso)

Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 3:00 PM

Tags: DiTomaso (5), invasive plants (2), Kyser (3), nursery (9), Orloff (1), ornamentals (3), Stapleton (2), UC IPM (264), Wilen (12)

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