UCNFA News

UCNFA News Fall 2011 Edition (Volume 15, Issue 3)

The University of California Nursery and Floriculture Alliance (UCNFA) aims to serve the educational needs of the various agricultural production industries in California that produce greenhouse ornamental crops and outdoor nursery products. UCNFA News is a periodic publication focusing on issues and new research in subject areas of interest to the nursery and floriculture industry.

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Editor's note

The focus of this issue is managing insects and other pests in greenhouses and nurseries, especially invasive exotic pest species.

Two invasive moth species are discussed in the feature articles: Jim Bethke writes about the European pepper moth and Steve Tjosvold discusses insecticides for controlling light brown apple moth.

In a new column, “Disease Focus,” Deborah Mathews describes insects to watch for that can vector plant viruses.

In the regional reports, Jim Bethke (San Diego) discusses palm weevils and reniform nematodes, Steve Tjosvold (Santa Cruz/Monterey) writes about sudden oak death and Julie Newman (Ventura/Santa Barbara) describes how growers can mitigate pesticide runoff while managing invasive pests.

Another new column is “Gleanings from Meetings” in which we highlight past UCNFA educational meetings.

Finally, included in this issue is an article on the use of filter strips (“Get Cultured”).

Julie Newman
Co-Editor

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