Current Issues in Invasive/Emerging Pests & Diseases

This workshop featured UC Davis faculty and industry experts who spoke on their research in the following topics.

 

Introduction to the Expanded First Detector Program

Dick Hoenisch, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology

 

Bagrada Bug

Dick Hoenisch, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology

 

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug  

Chuck Ingels, UC Cooperative Extension

 

Light Brown Apple Moth in Nurseries

Steve Tjosvold, UC Cooperative Extension

 

Thousand Cankers Disease of Walnut

Rick Bostock, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology

 

Asian Citrus Psyllid & Huanglongbing  

Neil McRoberts, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology

 

Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer 

Tom Coleman & Steve Seybold, USDA Forest Service

 

Plum Pox Virus a.k.a. Sharka

Kathleen Kosta, CA Department of Food & Agriculture

 

Red Blotch Virus in Grapes

Deborah Golino, UC Davis Foundation Plant Services

 

Sudden Oak Death & Phytophthora ramorum

Dave Rizzo, UC Davis Department of Plant Pathology

 

Pesticide Use Update: Pollinator Protection Labeling

Kathleen Boyle, CA Department of Pesticide Regulation