2011 highlights: UC IPM annual report

The University of California Statewide IPM Program was established in 1979 to develop and promote the use of integrated, ecologically sound pest management programs. It sponsors activities throughout California. (More…)

• Read the expanded version of our program’s activities and accomplishments. This Web version of UC IPM's annual report contains additional information not found in the printed report.
• Choose an individual article from the table of contents below.
• Download the printable version of the 2011 Highlights report (PDF, 3.5 MB).

 

About UC IPM

• Letter from the director
• Carolyn Pickel, history-making advisor, retires
• UC IPM, NRCS named innovators
• Winegrape Commission presents Lucia Varela with viticulture award
• UC IPM staff members honored

UC IPM in Action

• New pesticide safety education program now available in California
• Roles of training and experience in pocket gopher control studied
• Outreach targets European Grapevine Moth
• Australian market opens -- temporarily -- for nonfumigated IPM-managed fruit
• New IPM course at UC Davis prepares practitioners
• Bay-Friendly walks help home gardeners apply sustainable practices
• UC assists Orange County Parks with pest management services
• Helping child-care centers apply IPM
• UC IPM builds program for retail nurseries and garden centers
• IPM Advocates program launched in stores

Resources

• Getting information to Spanish-speaking audiences
• UC IPM offers new online courses
• Vineyard pest managers harvest new materials
• Know your pest with IPM's new insect identifier
• Two new biological control resources available
• Agricultural Pest Management Guidelines updated
• Pesticide risk information added to Pest Notes
• New web site design launched
• Top 10 Pest Notes
• Upcoming UC IPM publications
• Resource Roundup