Ventura CAPCA Meeting, Pesticide Testing

Danny Klittich also presented at the 2015 Ventura CAPCA meeting at the Santa Paula Community Center on June 10th, 2015. The title of his talk was Product Testing and Pesticide Research.  A PDF of his talk is available from the link below.   Product Testing and Pesticide Research

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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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Biological Control of Root Rots in Bedding Plants — Commercial Greenhouse Trial

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An important part of the Parrella lab IPM program is evaluating new products and strategies at commercial greenhouses. This trial was an evaluation of root rot control in bedding plants that I conducted at a greenhouse on California’s Central Coast. We compared biological products with a traditional fungicide. The biocontrols were RootShield (Trichoderma harzianum; BioWorks) […]

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