Postings from the Palo Verde Valley

PHEROMONE TRAPPING AS A MONITORING TOOL OF BROWN STINK BUG, EUSCHISTUS SERVUS MOVEMENT WITHIN COTTON FIELDS 

Chemical Efficacy Trial using Select Insecticides against Brown stink bug, Euschistus servus on Commercially Planted Cotton.

Field tests using select Insecticides in alfalfa in 2015

Canola and camelina: winter annual oilseeds as alternative crops for California: Two year progress report

The influence of trap type and cover status on capture rates of Pocket gophers in California

Canola as an Alternate Fuel Crop in Southern California - Vonny Barlow University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Palo Verde Valley, Riverside County, Nicholas George, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis CA,  Steve Kaffka, Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis CA

• The Effects of Short-term
Fallowing on Soil Quality and Crop Growth - Jeremy Cusimano, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ and Vonny Barlow, University of California, Agricultural
and Natural Resources, Palo Verde Valley, Riverside County

• Blue alfalfa aphid issue summary – Vonny Barlow, University of California,
Agricultural and Natural Resources, Palo Verde Valley, Riverside County, Eric
Natwick, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Imperial
County

• Dodder Control – W. T. Lanini, UCCE Weed Ecologist, University of California,
Davis

• Use of an Insect Growth Regulator Applied at the 2nd Week of Cotton Squaring for Management of Lygus Bugs: A Cotton Insecticide Efficacy Trial – 2011-2012 - Vonny Barlow University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Palo Verde Valley, Riverside County

• Under the radar, deep in the canopy brown stink bugs in Arizona cotton – Peter C. Ellsworth, Lydia Brown and Ayman Mostafa, University of Arizona, Cooperative extension

Field Tests using Selected Insecticides in Pasture Grass (Annual bluegrass) in 2011 - Vonny Barlow University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Palo Verde Valley, Riverside County & Eric Natwick, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Desert Research & Extension Center, Imperial County

The Red Palm Weevil: Serious Threat to California’s Palms - Vonny Barlow, Entomology Advisor, UCCE Riverside County.

Cotton responses to deficit drip irrigation –Bob Hutmacher, Agronomy Specialist, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Shafter, CA

Preliminary cotton harvest aid –Steve Wright, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare/Kings County, Bob Hutmacher, Agronomy Specialist, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Shafter, CA, Dan Munk, Farm Advisor, Fresno County

Preliminary cotton weed management – Steve Wright, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare/Kings County

Field identification of Fusarium Race 4: Field evaluation support and varietal screening for host plant resistance –Bob Hutmacher, Agronomy Specialist, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Shafter, CA

Assessment of Fusarium in SJV cotton: Field evaluation support and varietal screening evaluations – Bob Hutmacher, Agronomy Specialist, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Shafter, CA

2011 RBTN trial – California – Bob Hutmacher, Agronomy Specialist, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Shafter, CA

Evaluation of approved Acala and Upland varieties – February 2012

Effect of Selected Insecticides for Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci and Leafminer, Liriomyza sp. Management on Melons - Vonny Barlow, University of California, Agricultural and Natural Resources, Blythe, CA

Selected Insecticide Performance against Egyptian Alfalfa Weevil Larvae - Vonny Barlow, Entomology Advisor, UCCE Riverside County, Larry Godfrey, Entomology Extension Specialist, UC-Davis

Ditch-bank Weed Management Using Select Herbicides - Vonny Barlow, Entomology Advisor, UCCE Riverside County, Marco Pena, Research Specialist, University of Arizona, Barry Tickes, Extension Agent, University of Arizona

Effect of Selected Insecticides for Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci and Lepidoptera Management on Leafy Greens - Vonny Barlow, Entomology Advisor, UCCE Riverside County

What to look for in an alfalfa variety – Conventional and Roundup Ready - Dan Putnam, Forage Specialist, UC Davis-Plant Sciences, Craig Giannini, Staff Research Associate, UC Davis-Plant Sciences, Chris DeBen, Staff Research Associate, UC Davis-Plant Sciences, Steve Orloff, UCCE Siskiyou County

Alfalfa Aphids

Entomopathogenic Fungus Zoophthora phytonomi

Untangling the Web...Spiders in Arizona Fields!

Verticillium Wilt of Alfalfa

Herbicide Spray Drift and Management Considerations

Wild Bee Pollinators in Seedless Watermelon

Invasive Insects That Threaten California

$1+ Cotton? New Thresholds?