Maria Alfaro, Lisa Blecker, Petr Kosina, Tunyalee Martin, Cheryl Reynolds, John Roncoroni, and Emily Symmes collaborated with project leads Lynn Wunderlich and Franz Niederholzer to develop inperson trainings and an online course to prevent pesticide drift. The trainings and online course focused on the proper calibration of airblast sprayers. The UC Spray Applications Pest Management Alliance Team received the DPR IPM Achievement award.
During the virtual IPM Achievement Award ceremony, the award-winning All Kids Academy Head Start program specifically named IPM Advisor Emeritus Cheryl Wilen as an important resource for developing and implementing their IPM program.
The Navel Orangeworm Mating Disruption Adoption Team (David Haviland, Jhalendra Rijal, Emily Symmes, Stephanie Rill, Rebecca Bailey, Charles Burks, Bob Curtis, Val Dolcini, Brad Higbee, Jennie Nicolau, and Jesse Rosemond) received two awards from the Entomological Society of America. Congratulations to the team for the 2020 Plant-Insect Ecosystem IPM Team Award and 2020 Pacific Branch Entomology Teamwork Award.
For more than a decade, the Navel Orangeworm Mating Disruption Adoption Team conducted research that defined mating disruption programs for navel orangeworm in almond. Adoption of IPM practices in commercial agriculture requires a unique combination of research, demonstration, and extension. The team’s efforts pushed mating disruption along the IPM continuum from basic to applied research, applied research to demonstration plots, demonstration plots to extension, and extension to adoption and implementation against California’s number one pest of almond.
The team represents a prime example of the impacts that can be achieved through multi-organizational collaborative efforts. These collaborative efforts included private farming companies, University and U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists, Cooperative Extension, individual growers, and the California Almond Board.
IPM Advisor Emeritus Cheryl Wilen was given the 2020 Outstanding Contribution to Agriculture award by CAPCA. This award is given to individuals whose work has made a meaningful difference to California agriculture. Congratulations Cheryl!
UC Turfgrass and Environmental Horticulture Advisor and UC IPM Affiliated Advisor Maggie Reiter won the Best Twitter Feed award from Golf Course Industry magazine. Reiter was chosen by industry folks via social media.
Steve Elliott continues to be rewarded for his outstanding work each year from the Association for Communications Excellence. In the Writing for the Web category, Elliott won a Silver Award for IPM in Yellowstone. For the Photo Essay category, Elliott picked up a Bronze Award for Growing in Guam.
UC IPM received two ANR Staff Appreciation and Recognition (STAR) awards. The STAR Awards Program provides an opportunity to recognize and reward outstanding staff within ANR. Belinda Messenger-Sikes received an award for being her usual awesome self. Stephanie Parreira received an award for her work as part of the Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP).