Liriomyza trifolii Pictures

Liriomyza trifolii  is a major leaf mining pest of many vegetable and floriculture crops due to its short generation time, high dispersal capability, polyphagous habit, high reproductive rate, larvae that are protected from topical pesticide applications, and development of resistance to insecticides.  We have worked for many years on this pest and have some new images […]

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Birds Eye View of UC Davis Greenhouses

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Bob Starnes our greenhouse manager recently brought his quad-copter to work and took some amazing photos of the greenhouses here at UC Davis.  In the Parrella Lab we maintain 12 different greenhouse to house and support our research.  On the UC Davis campus there are over 300,000 square feet of greenhouse space to support research […]

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Water Hyacinth at UC Davis

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by Danny Klittich   Water hyacinth is a popular ornamental pond plant that has established as an invasive weed in the Sacramento Delta.  It can build up in very dense patches effectively dominating the ecosystem and out competing animals and other plants for resources.   We have several projects working on control of this invasive […]

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Ventura CAPCA CE Meeting, June 2015, Santa Paula Ca., Talk PDF

by Danny Klittich We were recently in Santa Paula for a CAPCA meeting and here is Dr. Parrella’s presentation focusing on thrips biology and pesticide use.   Click Here:   Ventura CAPCA 2015    

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Cool Video of Predatory Mite Feeding on a Spider Mite

by Danny Klittich   We were counting a pesticide trial today comparing several bio-rational miticides and we found this predatory mite feeding on on adult Two-spotted Spider Mite.  The video was shot with an iPhone through the objective of a microscope so the quality is not all that great but you can see movement in the […]

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Parasitoids and Hyperparasitoids

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by Danny Klittich     Yesterday the Parrella Lab hosted an upper division parasitology laboratory class.  Danny Klittich taught the lab which focused on parasitoids used in biological control.  Part of the lab consisted of an aphid dissection looking for parasitism.  This photo was taken of one of the students dissection through the eye piece […]

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Danny Klittich Receives Prestigious American Floral Endowment Scholarship

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Danny Klittich, Ph.D. Canidate in the Parrella Laboratory, awarded the 2015 Paul Ecke Jr. Memorial Scholarship through the American Floral Endowment.   For more information follow these link:   http://endowment.org/uc-davis-student-awarded-2015-afe-paul-ecke-jr-scholarship/   http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=17352    

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The Debate on Neonicotinoids and Bees

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by Danny Klittich   (This post is be based around the 2014 UC Davis Debate Team debate topic for the Entomological Society of America 2014 meeting)   ________________________________________________   Over the past decade, there have been public concerns over large losses in domesticated honeybee populations. These losses could threaten honey production and, more importantly, pollination services for […]

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