UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Alfalfa
UC ANR Publication 3430
Authored by University of California faculty, specialists, and farm advisors, produced and edited by UC Statewide IPM Program, University of California, Davis.
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Suggested Citation
Long RF, Goodell PB, Baldwin RA, Frate CA, Godfrey LD, Orloff SB, Canevari WM, Davis RM, Getts TJ, Grettenberger IM, Leinfelder-Miles M, Natwick ET, Putnam DH, Rethwisch MD, Westerdahl BB, Wilson RG. Revised continuously. UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Alfalfa. UC ANR Publication 3430. Davis, CA.
Crop Leadership Team
R.F. Long (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Yolo County (crop team leader)
P.B. Goodell (emeritus), UC IPM and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier (IPM facilitator)
R. DeBiase, UC IPM, Davis (coordinator)
R.A. Baldwin, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
C.A. Frate (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Tulare County
L.D. Godfrey, Entomology, UC Davis
S.B. Orloff, UC Cooperative Extension Siskiyou County
Diseases
R.M. Davis (emeritus), Plant Pathology, UC Davis
C.A. Frate (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Tulare County
D.H. Putnam (emeritus), Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Insects, Mites, and Other Invertebrates
L.D. Godfrey, Entomology, UC Davis
E.T. Natwick (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Imperial County
P.B. Goodell (emeritus), UC IPM and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
R.F. Long (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Yolo County
V.M. Barlow, UC Cooperative Extension Riverside County
I.M. Grettenberger, Entomology, UC Davis
M. Leinfelder-Miles, UCCE San Joaquin Co.
M.D. Rethwisch, UCCE Riverside Co. (Blythe)
Acknowledgment for Contributions to Insects, Mites, and Other Invertebrates
D.R. Haviland, UC IPM and UC Cooperative Extension Kern County
C.G. Summers (emeritus), Entomology, UC Davis and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
Nematodes
B.B. Westerdahl, Nematology, UC Davis
P.B. Goodell (emeritus), UC IPM and Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
R.F. Long (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Yolo County
Acknowledgment for Contributions to Nematodes
S. Hafez, Nematology, Univ. Idaho, Parma, ID.
U.C. Kodira, Nematology, UC Davis
Vertebrates
R.A. Baldwin, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, UC Davis
Weeds
W.M. Canevari (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension San Joaquin County
T.J. Getts, UCCE Lassen County
S.B. Orloff, UC Cooperative Extension Siskiyou County
D.H. Putnam (emeritus), Plant Sciences, UC Davis
R.G. Wilson, Intermountain Research and Extension Center
Acknowledgment for Contributions to Weeds
C.E. Bell, UC Cooperative Extension San Diego County
W.T. Lanini (emeritus), Plant Sciences and Weed Science, UC Davis
R.F. Norris (emeritus), Plant Sciences, UC Davis
J.L. Schmierer (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Colusa County
R.N. Vargas (emeritus), UC Cooperative Extension Madera County
H. Wilson, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier
Coordinator
R. DeBiase, UC IPM, Davis
P. Kosina, UC IPM, Davis
C.A. Reynolds, UC IPM, Davis (vertebrates)
Production
F.G. Rosa, UC IPM, Davis
This material is partially based on work supported by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Crop Protection and Pest Management Competitive Grants Program.
These guidelines represent the best information currently available to the authors and are intended to help you make the best choices for an IPM program. Not all formulations or registered pesticides are mentioned. Always read the label and check with local authorities for the most up-to-date information regarding registration and restrictions on pesticide use. Check with your agricultural commissioner for the latest restricted entry intervals.