Scientific Name: Forficula auricularia
Earwigs rarely are abundant enough to warrant chemical treatment, except on young trees bordering uncultivated areas. If trunk wrappers cannot be removed and treatments are needed, the preferred method is to apply an insecticidal bait or ... [... more]
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RANGE OF ACTIVITY: Pests: broad (many insects); Natural enemies: most UC Management Guidelines for Grasshoppers on Citrus. Grasshoppers (order Orthoptera) are robust, elongate insects with winged adults that are good flyers. Commonly they are ... [... more]
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Timings for Key Cultural and Management Practices
Information about Timings for Key Cultural and Management Practices: General Informaton. Approximate times for citrus growing practices in California's Central Valley. Actual times vary according to location weather, crop history, and crop ... [... more]
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Monitoring During Flower Bud Through Bloom
UC Pest Management Guidelines for Monitoring During Flower Bud Through Bloom on Dry Beans. During the period of flower bud through bloom, start sweep sampling for lygus bugs twice weekly. Use the table below and the photo identification page to ... [... more]
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General Properties of Fungicides Used in Citrus
Information about General Properties of Fungicides Used in Citrus: General Informaton. Mode of Action (Group number)1 copper and lime based mixture that often includes a zinc adjuvant. fixed coppers (non-copper sulfate materials such as copper ... [... more]
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Voles (Meadow Mice)
Voles, also called meadow mice, are larger than house mice but smaller than rats. Compared to deer mice, however, voles have a more robust body, less obvious ears, and a relatively shorter tail. Voles' ears are at least partly obscured by the ... [... more]
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Pocket Gophers
Adult pocket gophers are 6 to 8 inches long with stout brown, gray, or yellowish bodies and small ears and eyes. They rarely are seen above ground, spending most of their time in a tunnel system they construct 6 to 18 inches beneath the soil ... [... more]
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Texas Citrus Mite
Texas citrus mite is a sporadic pest of citrus in the inland valleys of California. Adult mites are tan-to-brownish green with dark green to black spots on the upper side of the body. Males are more slender than females and have much longer legs. ... [... more]
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Bean Thrips
Adult bean thrips have a uniformly dark, grayish black body. Their forewings have two dark and two pale bands, and (visible under magnification) the legs and antennae are also banded light and dark. Bean thrips is a problem in the San Joaquin ... [... more]
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Garden Symphylans
UC Management Guidelines for Garden Symphylans on Dry Beans. Garden symphylans, also called garden centipedes, are slender, white arthropods, closely related to insects, about 0.33 inch (8 mm long), with 10 to 12 prolegs and distinct antennae. ... [... more]
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Scientific name: Verticillium dahliae
UC Pest Management Guidelines for Verticillium Wilt on Peppermint. There are several different strains of Verticillium dahliae, and each strain varies in its ability to attack different host plants. Individual strains can infect surface cells of ... [... more]
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Cut Out (Blackeyes)
UC Management Guidelines for Cut Out (Blackeyes) on Dry Beans. Cut-out or more correctly 'early-cutout' is when a large percentage of the plants simply senesces and then dies after the first flush of pods, usually beginning about 80 days after ... [... more]
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