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Annual Reports
2001—Exotic
Pests and Diseases Research Program
PROJECTS FUNDED IN 2001-2002
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Agricultural Systems
Characterization
of California and Australian isolates of Fusarium oxysporum f.
sp. vasinfectum. M. Davis, Plant Pathology, UC Davis. (2
Years; $39,590)
Management
of the citrus root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (L.) E.
Grafton-Cardwell, Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier. (2 Years; $45,000)
Management
of the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus, by augmentative releases
of parasites and ant control. J. Klotz, Entomology, UC Riverside;
C. Gispert, UC Riverside Cooperative Extension. (2 Years; $57,306)
Resistance
of alfalfa against silverleaf whitefly: breeding and mechanisms of resistance.
G. Walker, Entomology, UC Riverside; L. Teuber, Agronomy and Range Science,
UC Davis. (2 Years; $120,797)
Natural Systems
Cape
ivy distribution, ecology and reproductive biology. J. DiTomaso,
Weed Science Program/Vegetable Crops, UC Davis. (3 Years; $30,000)
Integrated
management of medusahead and other noxious annual grasses and restoration
of degraded grassland to desirable species. J. DiTomaso, Weed
Science Program/Vegetable Crops, UC Davis. (3 Years; $82,950)
Ecological
approaches for management of artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus)
spread. J. Holt, Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. (3 Years;
$82,573)
Effects
of invasive woody plant species in California: a nascent protocol for
an impact assessment. M. Rejmanek, Evolution and Ecology, UC Davis;
C. Elmore, Weed Science Program/Vegetable Crops, UC Davis. (3 Years; $97,464)
Spatial
distribution and host associations of Phytophthora ramorum, causal
agent of sudden oak death in California. D. Rizzo, Plant Pathology,
UC Davis; M. Garbelotto, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
(ESPM), UC Berkeley. (3 Years; $80,000)
Reproductive
biology and populations genetics of fountain grass (Penniseum setaceum
Forskal), an invasive species in California. J. Waines, Botany
and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside. (3 Years; $63,000)
Impacts
and management of roof rats (Rattus rattus) in riparian areas in
California. D. Whisson, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology,
UC Davis; A. Engilis, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, UC Davis.
(3 Years; $67,301)
Urban Systems
Threshold
temperature and thermal time requirement for life cycle of the sting nematode.
J. Becker, Nematology, UC Riverside. (2 Years; $85,948)
The
impacts of pitch canker on susceptible pines in California. T.
Gordon, Plant Pathology, UC Davis; D. Wood, Insect Biology, UC Berkeley.
(3 Years; $47,479)
Integration
of tactics for management of invasive insect pests: adaptations for an
expanding community of pests and natural enemies in the urban forest.
T. Paine, Entomology, UC Riverside; J. Millar, Entomology, UC Riverside.
(3 Years; $107,840)
Biology
and ecology of Psyllaephagus spp. parasitic on the redgum lerp
psyllid, Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore. K. Daane, Kearney
Agricultural Center, Parlier; D. Dahlsten, Insect Biology, UC Berkeley.
(2 Years; $62,149)
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