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Plant Protection Quarterly was published by the Plant Protection Group and UC Integrated Pest Management Program at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center from 1991 to 2008.

Volume 18 -2008

January 2008

  • Distribution of Spiroplasma Kunkelii and Dalbulus Maidis in the San Joaquin Valley, California - 2007
  • Replanting Vineyards Without Soil Fumigation

April 2008

  • Management of Sclerotinia Crown and Stem Rot of Alfalfa
  • Testing Use of Dazomet and/or Solarization for Control of Soilborne Pests of Melon in the Low Desert

Volume 17 -2007

January 2007

  • The Evolution of Biologically-based Integrated Pest Management in California Citrus: History and Perspective

April 2007

  • Re-creating the Delivery of Information: Packaging Existing IPM Knowledge in More Transparent Ways

Volume 16 -2006

January 2006

  • Potential New Insect Pests of Forage Crops in California
  • Developing a Pheromone-Based Mating Disruption Program for the Vine Mealybug

April 2006

  • Shifting Patterns in Insecticide Use on Cotton in California: 1993 to 2004
  • New Tools Available for Spider Mite Management in 2006

July 2006

  • Olive Fruit Fly Management Guidelines for 2006
  • A Color Variant of the Cowpea Aphid

Volume 15 -2005

January 2005

  • Decision-Making Tools for Pest Management – Additions to the UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines to Help Growers Consider Water Quality Issues
  • Control of Codling Moth in Backyard Orchards with Last Call CM (Permethrin and pheromone in paste formulation)

April 2005

  • Biological Control of Oriental Fruit Moth, Grapholitha Molesta (Busck)
  • Pink Biotype of the Pea Aphid found in California
  • Verticillium Wilt in Young Prunus spp.

October 2005

  • Glyphosate-Resistant Horseweed (Conyza Canadensis L. Cronq.) Biotype found in the Central San Joaquin Valley
  • Reflective Bed Mulch but not Over-the-Canopy Shade Cloth Controls Weeds in Field-Grown Zinnias
  • Strategies and Tactices for Fumigating Clay Loam Soils

Volume 14 -2004

January 2004

  • National Plant Diagnostic Network: Protecting America’s Agriculture

April 2004

  • Evaluation of Postharvest Treatments to Bulk Citrus for Eradication of the Glassywinged sharpshooter
  • Ants in Your Vineyard?

July 2004

Abstracts:

  • Nematicidal Activity of Walnut Extracts Against Root-Knot Nematodes
  • Mechanisms that Reduce Nematode Development in New Grape Rootstocks
  • Impact of Organophosphate Insecticides on Cotton Insect Management
  • Managing Lygus in an Ecological Context
  • The Impact of the Loss of Organophosphate Insecticides on Citrus
  • Vedalia Beetle Population Response to Pest Management and Environmental Conditions
  • The Impact of the Loss of Organophosphates on Grape Production
  • The Impact of Loss of Organophosphate Insecticides on Almonds Impact of Legally Compliant Organic Pesticides on Natural Enemies
  • Host Plant Influence on Glassy-winged Sharpshooter and its Natural Enemies
  • Constraints on the effectiveness of Psyllaephagus bliteus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a biological control agent for the red-gum lerp psyllid (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in California
  • Investigations in the Management of San Jose Scale Diaspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock) (Homoptera: Diaspididae) with Horticultural Mineral Oil
  • Control of Codling Moth in Organic Pear Orchards from 1991-2004
  • Soil Solarization in Organic and Conventional Production Systems in Warmer Areas of California
  • Manipulating Microenvironments for Ecological Weed Management
  • Potential for Soil Biofumigation Using Residues of Allium spp. in Crop Rotation Strategies
  • Evaluation of Plastic Reflective and Wheat Straw Mulches for Pest and Disease Control in Cucurbit Production Systems
  • Evaluation of insecticide applications to reduce corn leafhopper populations and corn stunt disease
  • Grape IPM and Biological Control in California Organic Vineyards
  • Temperature-dependent Development of Anagyrus pseudococci on the Vine Mealybug
  • Seasonal Fluctuations in Crop Damage of Hemipteran pests in California Pistachio

Volume 13 -2003

January 2003

  • Tenlined June Beetle Attacking Almond Roots: A Past Problem Returns
  • European Fruit Lecanium (Parthenolecanium corni) In-Season Control with Low-Risk Insecticides

April 2003

  • Citrus Peelminer Evades Chemical Control
  • Evaluation of candidate insecticides for control of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis, in the San Joaquin Valley

July 2003

  • Evaluation of Wheat Straw Mulch for Management of the Corn Leafhopper and Corn Stunt Disease in the San Joaquin Valley
  • Surround Use in Citrus Increases California Red Scale
  • New Guide & Training for Lygus Identification Available

October 2003

  • New Findings on Band Canker of Almond Caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea

 

Volume 12 -2002

January 2002

  • Using GIS Approaches to Study Western Tarnished Plant Bug in the San Joaquin Valley
  • Perspective: Thrips in Alfalfa, but the Bovines Don’t Care

April 2002

  • Establishing a Relationship Between San Jose Scale Growth
    Stage and Spur Infestation in Almond
  • Bringing Biology and Ecology Back to Weed Management
  • New Faculty Focuses on Arthropod IPM in Grapes, Stone Fruit and Nut Crops

July 2002

  • Trap Suppression Using Four Hand-Applied Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Pheromone Dispensers
  • Katydid Management In San Joaquin Valley Stone Fruit Orchards

October 2002

  • Predicting Damage in French Prunes Caused by Obliquebanded Leafroller with Larval Monitoring, In-season Fruit Inspection and Pheromone Trapping

Volume 11 -2001

January 2001

  • Olive Fly Trapping Surveys in Southern California
  • Collection and Characterization of Botryosphaeria dothidea from Various Hosts and Pathogenicity Studies on Pistachio
  • Managing Lygus in the Landscape

April 2001

  • Population Dynamics of Vine Mealybug and its Natural Enemies in the Coachella and San Joaquin Valleys
  • Glassy-winged Sharpshooters in San Joaquin Valley Citrus
  • Penetration Development and Reproduction of Meloidogyne arenaria on Resistant and Susceptible Vitis spp.

July 2001

  • The Effects of Temperature, Time, and Amendment of Soil with Broccoli Residues on the Infestation of Melon (Cucumis melo L.) by Two Root-Knot Nematode Species
  • Impact of Gray Field Ant Exclusion from Vines on GrapeMealybug Abundance, Parasitism, and Infestation: A Progress Report
  • Methyl Bromide Alternatives: CDFA Approves an Additional Time/Temperature Solarization Treatment to Ensure against Pest Nematode Infestation of Containerized Nursery Stock
  • Key to Common Alfalfa and Cotton Aphids in California

Volume 10 -2000

April 2000

  • Managing San Jose Scale with Dormant Oils
  • Managing Lygus Bug (Lygus hesperus) in a Regional Context
  • Thrips Control on Fresh Shipping Fruit
  • Biology and Management of Verticillium Wilt of Prunus spp. In the Central Valley of California

July 2000

  • Bionomics of the Olive Fruit Fly Bactrocera (Dacus) oleae
  • Glassywinged Sharpshooter Moves into The San Joaquin Valley
  • Protecting Vineyards from Pierce’s Disease Vectored by the Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter: Preliminary Observations
  • Hairy Fleabane Biology
  • Implementation and Validation of a Thermal Death Database to Predict Efficacy of Soil Solarization for Weed Management in California
  • Perspective : “Means Were Not Significantly Different, But…”

October 2000

  • Insecticide Resistance Trends in Lygus Bugs and Cotton Aphids
  • Band Canker
  • Further Investigations on Management of San Jose Scale with Narrow Range Horticultural Oil

Volume 9 -1999

January 1999

  • Disease Monitoring and Prediction of Botryosphaeria Blight in California Pistachio Orchards
  • Management of Aphids, Silverleaf Whiteflies, and Corn Stunt Leafhoppers
  • Using Reflective Plastic Mulch and Insecticides: 1998 Season Review

April 1999

  • New California Pests
  • Studies on Sources of Inoculum of Alternaria Late Blight of Pistachio
  • Monitoring Disease Model Microclimates: A Perspective on Leaf Wetness Instrumentation Pitfalls
  • Cotton IPM In California: What Does It Mean To Use IPM?
  • Methyl Bromide Alternatives: CDFA Approves a Solarization Technique to Ensure Against
  • Nematode Pest Infestation of Containerized Nursery Stock

July 1999

  • Methyl Iodide, A Potential Replacement for Methyl Bromide Fumigation
  • Coachella Valley Cowpea Cover Crop - Weed Control Trials
  • Keeping Herbicides Out of Runoff Water
  • Effect of Cultural Practices and Fungicide Treatments on Alternaria leaf spot, A New Disease of Almond Trees Caused by Alternaria alternata
  • Pesticide Disruption of Vedalia Beetle Results in Cottony Cushion Scale Outbreaks

Volume 8 -1998

January 1998

  • Potassium Deficiency Symptoms in Acala Cotton Cultivars caused by Verticillium dahliae
  • Using Ecological Factors to Develop Regional Management Approaches for Lygus hesperus
  • Using Solarization to Disinfest Nursery Soil for Containerized Production
  • Management of Vegetable Insects Using Plastic Mulch: 1997 Season Review

July 1998

  • Olive Knot Control and Assessment of Copper Resistance in Pseudomonas savastanoi
  • The Use of San Jose Scale Monitoring Techniques in Establishing a Relationship Between Spring Male Scale Populations and Spring Crawler Abundance in Almonds: Interim Report
  • Cryolite Spray Timing for Omnivorous Leafroller Control in Grapes

Volume 7 -1997

January 1997

  • Maintaining an IPM Program an a Shifting Pest Environment: The Need for Consensus in Solving Problems
  • Evaluation of Spinosad for Controlling Codling Moth in a Conventionally Sprayed Orchard and Mating Disruption Apple Orchard
  • Facing Pesticide Resistant Armored Scale in Citrus: What Are Our Options?
  • Thinned Fruit: Significant Substrate of Secondary Spore Inoculum for Brown Rot in California Nectarine Orchards
  • Control and Management of San Jose Scale
  • Reflective Mulch for Managing Aphids, Aphid-Borne Viruses, and Silverleaf Whitefly: 1996 Season Review

April 1997

  • Populations of Mucor piriformis in Soils of Apple Orchards and Management Practices to Control Mucor Rot

July 1997

  • Soil Solarization: An Alternative Soil Disinfestation Strategy Comes of

October 1997

  • Determining the Economic Impact of Weed Control in Iceberg Lettuce Using Varied Rates of Kerb in Combination with Hand Hoeing
  • Control of San Jose Scale in Stone Fruits
  • Use of Cover Crops for Leafhopper Control in the Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Region

Volume 6 -1996

January 1996

  • Seasonal Monitoring of the Pistachio Seed Chalcid
  • Potential Herbicide Savings Using a Light-activated Sprayer in Row Crops
  • Snail Damage Increases Gray Mold Caused by Botrytis cinerea in Kiwifruit

April 1996

  • Management of Grape Mealybug Pseudococcus maritimus, in San Joaquin Valley Grape
  • The Information Superhighway - Hype or Help To IPM Practitioners?
  • IPM News From The National Scene - Mike Fitzner, IPM Program, CSREES USDA
  • Weed Species Controlled With Fabric Mulches

July 1996

  • UCIPM Impact Program on World Wide Web
  • Update on National IPM Initiative and Draft RFP for Phase II Grants

October 1996

  • First Report of Rhizoctonia solani (AG-4) on Pistachio Rootstock Seedlings
  • The Influence of Insecticide Use On Webspinning Spider Mite Infestation
  • Spread of Botryosphaeria dothidea In Pistachio Orchards of The Central Valley

Volume 5 -1995

January 1995

  • Damage Thresholds for Thrips on Drying Onions
  • Reflective Mulches Repel Aphids and Protect Cucurbitaceous Crops
    From Virus Disease

April 1995

  • North Coast Apple Scab Trials 1993-94, Organic and Conventional Materials Comparison

July 1995

  • Determining the Economic Impact of Weed Control in Iceberg Lettuce Using
    Varied Rates of Kerb in Combination with Hand Hoeing
  • Predicting Phenological Development of Five Weed Species Using Degree Days

October 1995

  • Mitigating the Volatilization Associated with Telone
  • First-Year Evaluation of Tree and Vine Growth and Nematode Development
    Following 17 Pre-plant Treatments
  • Biofumigation and Solarization for Soil Disinfestation
  • It is a Long Road from the Finding of a New Rootstock to the Replacement of a Soil Fumigant
  • Evidence for the Development of a Biological Vacuum in Soil Following
    Pre-plant Soil Fumigations or Drenches

Volume 4 -1994

January 1994

  • Seasonal Dynamics of Epiphytic Mycoflora and Insect Vectors Associated
    with the Summer Bunch Rot Complex of Table Grapes
  • Deep Plowing for Nutsedge Control
  • Occurrence of Moldy Core and Core Rot of Fuji Apple in California

July 1994

  • Participatory Research in Pest Management: The Impact of Generalist Predators on Peach Twig Borer in Peaches
  • Releasing Predatory Mites to Control Citrus Red Mite and Two Spotted Spider Mites in Citrus Greenhouses

October 1994

  • Almond Leaf Scorch Found in Tulare County
  • Weedseeker Sprayer Evaluation

Volume 3 -1993

April 1993

  • Abstracts of presentation at the Kearney Plant Protection Group pest management conference

October 1993

  • Controlling Weeds in Old Alfalfa Stands
  • Bemisia tabaci (Silverleaf/Sweetpotato Whitefly) in the
    San Joaquin Valley
  • Learning About Learning Theory
  • Feasibility of Soil Fumigation by Sealing Soil Amended with Fertilizers
    and Crop Residues Containing Biotoxic Volatiles

Volume 2 -1992

January 1992

  • Economic Thresholds Revisited: Considerations for Practical Applications
  • Prediction of Wind Scab in Prune Orchards and Predisposition of French Prune
    Fruits to Postharvest Fungal Decay by Russet Scab and Wind Scab

July 1992

  • Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization in Stone Fruits on Insect Pests and Fruit Size and Quality

October 1992

  • Mating Disruption of Peach Twig Borer, Anarsia lineatella Zeller:
    Progress and Problems
  • Cover Crops and Nematode Species
  • Combining Leaf Removal and Fungicides to Manage Grape Powdery Mildew
    in the San Joaquin Valley
  • Sweet Potato Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, in the San Joaquin Valley

Volume 1 - 1991

April 1991

  • Current Status of Mating Disruption/Pheromones
  • Citrus Leaf Spot in Mexico caused by Alternaria

July 1991

  • Marigolds and Nematode Management
  • Further Tests on Effectiveness of Disinfectants for Preventing Transmission of Fireblight
  • Augmentative Release of Metaphycus helvolus for control of Black Scale
    Saissetia Olea, in Olives

October 1991

  • Oriental Fruit Moth Resistance to Azinphosmethyl