UC Plant Protection Quarterly archive
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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
- Distribution of Spiroplasma Kunkelii and Dalbulus Maidis in the San Joaquin Valley, California - 2007
- Replanting Vineyards Without Soil Fumigation
- 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
- The Evolution of Biologically-based Integrated Pest Management in California Citrus: History and Perspective
- Re-creating the Delivery of Information: Packaging Existing IPM Knowledge in More Transparent Ways
Volume 16 -2006
- Potential New Insect Pests of Forage Crops in California
- Developing a Pheromone-Based Mating Disruption Program for the Vine Mealybug
- Shifting Patterns in Insecticide Use on Cotton in California: 1993 to 2004
- New Tools Available for Spider Mite Management in 2006
- Olive Fruit Fly Management Guidelines for 2006
- A Color Variant of the Cowpea Aphid
Volume 15 -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)
- Biological Control of Oriental Fruit Moth, Grapholitha Molesta (Busck)
- Pink Biotype of the Pea Aphid found in California
- Verticillium Wilt in Young Prunus spp.
- 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
- National Plant Diagnostic Network: Protecting America’s Agriculture
- Evaluation of Postharvest Treatments to Bulk Citrus for Eradication of the Glassywinged sharpshooter
- Ants in Your Vineyard?
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
- Tenlined June Beetle Attacking Almond Roots: A Past Problem Returns
- European Fruit Lecanium (Parthenolecanium corni) In-Season Control with Low-Risk Insecticides
- Citrus Peelminer Evades Chemical Control
- Evaluation of candidate insecticides for control of the corn leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis, in the San Joaquin Valley
- 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
- New Findings on Band Canker of Almond Caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea
Volume 12 -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
- 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
- Trap Suppression Using Four Hand-Applied Codling Moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Pheromone Dispensers
- Katydid Management In San Joaquin Valley Stone Fruit Orchards
- Predicting Damage in French Prunes Caused by Obliquebanded Leafroller with Larval Monitoring, In-season Fruit Inspection and Pheromone Trapping
Volume 11 -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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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…”
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Populations of Mucor piriformis in Soils of Apple Orchards and Management Practices to Control Mucor Rot
- Soil Solarization: An Alternative Soil Disinfestation Strategy Comes of
- 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
- 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
- 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
- UCIPM Impact Program on World Wide Web
- Update on National IPM Initiative and Draft RFP for Phase II Grants
- 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
- Damage Thresholds for Thrips on Drying Onions
- Reflective Mulches Repel Aphids and Protect Cucurbitaceous Crops
From Virus Disease
- North Coast Apple Scab Trials 1993-94, Organic and Conventional Materials Comparison
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Almond Leaf Scorch Found in Tulare County
- Weedseeker Sprayer Evaluation
Volume 3 -1993
- Abstracts of presentation at the Kearney Plant Protection Group pest management conference
- 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
- 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
- Effects of Nitrogen Fertilization in Stone Fruits on Insect Pests and Fruit Size and Quality
- 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
- Current Status of Mating Disruption/Pheromones
- Citrus Leaf Spot in Mexico caused by Alternaria
- 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
- Oriental Fruit Moth Resistance to Azinphosmethyl