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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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    

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 […]

by Danny Klittich     American serpentine leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii) larvae emerging from a gerbera leaf in real time.   This is a very common pest in greenhouse and outdoor agriculture.