Major Changes

The UC IPM Program, established in 1980, launched its Web site in October 1995. Below is a chronological list of major changes to the site since then.

2007 ~ 2006 ~ 2005 ~ 2004 ~ 2003 ~ 2002 ~ 2001 ~ 2000 ~ 1999 ~ 1998 ~ 1997 ~ 1996 ~ 1995

December 13, 2006

UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program releases new year-round guidance for alfalfa growers is a new article included on In the News.

December 7, 2006

Integrated Pest Management Program gets new Interim Director is a new article included on In the News.

November 30, 2006

Updated alfalfa pest management guidelines from the November 2006 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the alfalfa year-round IPM program.

November 17, 2006

Growers can make money if they use UC integrated pest management year-round program for crops is a new article included on In the News.

November 15, 2006

Updated nectarine and peach pest management guidelines from the November 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

November 15, 2006

Revised management guidelines for house mouse were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2006 printed version.

October 25, 2006

Updated small grains pest management guidelines from the October 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

October 19, 2006

Fishing for a solution for a destructive aquatic weed is a new article included on In the News.

October 16, 2006

“Dip and clip” method controls weeds at Lake Tahoe is a new article included on In the News.

October 11, 2006

The weed photo gallery includes two new weed collages or composites: poison hemlock and thymeleaf speedwell. The weed photo gallery can be searched by the common, scientific, or family name.

October 11, 2006

The 2007-08 Request for New Proposals for the UC IPM Competitive Research Grants program was released.

October 10, 2006

Quick Tips for yellowjackets have been added to the Web site.

October 5, 2006

Descriptions and photos of multicolored asian lady beetle, predaceous midge (aphid midge), sevenspotted lady beetle, alfalfa butterfly parasite, caterpillar parasite, egg parasite, grape leaffolder parasite, and two aphid parasites have been added to the Natural Enemies Gallery.

October 5, 2006

A new index for pests in homes, gardens, landscapes, and turf was published.

October 4, 2006

Updated peach and nectarine pest management guidelines from the September 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

October 2, 2006

The 2006 annual report for Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases Research is now online.

September 25, 2006

Updated apricot pest management guidelines from the September 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

September 22, 2006

Updated cherries pest management guidelines from the September 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

September 21, 2006

Updated caneberries pest management guidelines from the September 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

September 20, 2006

Quick Tips for gophers have been added to the Web site.

September 6, 2006

Manipulating weed management practices can reduce herbicide dependency in rice is a new article included on In the News.

September 1, 2006

Latest research findings at UC Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases Research Workshop is a new article included on In the News.

August 28, 2006

New management guidelines for phytophthora root and crown rot in the garden were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2006 printed version.

August 28, 2006

Quick Tips for phytophthora root and crown rot have been added to the Web site.

August 25, 2006

Woolly bully is sticky nuisance: Find out how to control the pest is a new article included on In the News.

August 23, 2006

New management guidelines for damping-off diseases in the garden were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2006 printed version.

August 21, 2006

Pest management tool for stone fruit growers is a new article included on In the News.

August 21, 2006

Quick Tips for damping-off of seedlings, safe use and disposal of pesticides, and whiteflies have been added to the Web site.

August 17, 2006

Updated apple pest management guidelines from the August 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

August 11, 2006

What’s up, Doc? Maybe less air pollution is a new article included on In the News.

August 8, 2006

What a difference a day makes—abalone pest is in the dunk tank is a new article included on In the News.

August 8, 2006

Revised management guidelines for lace bugs were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2006 printed version.

August 4, 2006

Updated caneberries pest management guidelines from the August 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

July 26, 2006

Scientists untangle seaweed’s effect on other species is a new article included on In the News.

July 25, 2006

Revised management guidelines for dandelions were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the July 2006 printed version.

July 25, 2006

Updated fig pest management guidelines from the July 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

July 25, 2006

A collection of articles, fact sheets, and other links to information about exotic and invasive pests in California, is available online.

June 22, 2006

Revised management guidelines for oleander leaf scorch were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2006 printed version.

June 22, 2006

Parasitic wasps could control glassy-winged sharpshooters is a new article included on In the News.

June 21, 2006

Scientists create a defense plan against citrus greening threat is a new article included on In the News.

June 15, 2006

Updated nectarine pest management guidelines from the June 2006 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the nectarine year-round IPM program.

June 8, 2006

Updated prune pest management guidelines from the June 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

June 6, 2006

Revised management guidelines for hobo spider were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2006 printed version.

June 5, 2006

Updated grape pest management guidelines from the June 2006 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the grape year-round IPM program.

May 26, 2006

Revised management guidelines for giant whitefly were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2006 printed version.

May 26, 2006

New management guidelines for common groundsel were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2006 printed version.

May 19, 2006

Updated plum pest management guidelines from the May 2006 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the plum year-round IPM program.

May 19, 2006

Tomato psyllids cropping up in southern California is a new article included on In the News.

May 19, 2006

For every season, turn to the year-round program is a new article included on In the News.

May 18, 2006

Ants take the bait for less toxic solution is a new article included on In the News.

May 17, 2006

Quick Tips for codling moth have been added to the Web site.

May 8, 2006

Information about the Joint Arizona, California, and Tribal Pesticide Safety Train-the-Trainer Workshop is now on the Web.

May 5, 2006

Revisions made to peach pest management guidelines from the May 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

April 25, 2006

New management guidelines for pesticides: safe and effective use in the home and landscape were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2006 printed version.

April 24, 2006

Researchers find wasp can control spotted gum psyllid is a new article included on In the News.

April 19, 2006

Sex and insects are key to pest management is a new article included on In the News.

April 18, 2006

New management guidelines for chickweeds were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2006 printed version.

April 18, 2006

Updated cherry pest management guidelines from the April 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

April 17, 2006

New management guidelines for puncturevine were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the March 2006 printed version.

April 17, 2006

Educator to spread message about urban integrated pest management is a new article included on In the News.

April 12, 2006

Collective effort produces Asian longhorned beetle information is a new article included on In the News.

April 10, 2006

New management guidelines for hiring a pest control company were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the March 2006 printed version.

April 7, 2006

Preventing rabbits from causing serious plant damage and UC Statewide IPM Program releases indoor pest management guide are new articles included on In the News.

April 3, 2006

Web site helps dried plum growers stop the spread of brown rot and UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program releases pest management guide for potatoes are new articles included on In the News.

March 16, 2006

New management guidelines for mallows were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the March 2006 printed version.

March 16, 2006

UC urges use of pesticide alternatives in California homes and gardens is a new article included on In the News.

March 15, 2006

Updates were made to fungicide or bactericide efficacy and treatment charts for twelve crops: almond, apple, apricot, cherry, grape, nectarine, peach, pear, pistachio, plum, prune, and walnut.

March 10, 2006

Updated peach pest management guidelines from the March 2006 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the peach year-round IPM program.

March 9, 2006

The updated PDF 2006 Fungicide Efficacy and Timing for Deciduous Tree Fruit and Nut Crops and Grapevines (PDF* 324K) is now on the Web.

March 8, 2006

UC IPM released In the News, a new section featuring news articles.

March 6, 2006

Cotton planting forecast for Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys will be updated daily through May 6.

February 22, 2006

The 2006-09 Request for New Proposals for the UC IPM Exotic/Invasive Pests and Diseases Research Program was released.

February 13, 2006

Quick Tips for weeds in landscapes and weeds in lawns (English), and snails and slugs and rats (Spanish) have been added to the Web site.

February 10, 2006

Updated pistachio pest management guidelines from the February 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

February 7, 2006

Updated apricot pest management guidelines from the February 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

February 3, 2006

Revised management guidelines for mistletoe were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the February 2006 printed version.

January 27, 2006

Revised management guidelines for eucalyptus redgum lerp psyllid were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2006 printed version.

January 25, 2006

Updated corn pest management guidelines from the January 2006 printed version are now on the Web.

January 12, 2006

UC IPM's 2005 Highlights, the new UC IPM annual report, focuses on highlights of IPM to offer readers the flavor of what the program has accomplished.

January 11, 2006

Reports from three urban pesticide use studies funded by California Department of Pesticide Regulation and conducted by UC IPM staff have been posted to the Web.

January 3, 2006

A History of the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, written by Jim Lyons (former program director), details the setting in which the idea for an IPM program arose, describes how the program developed, and chronicles major milestones.

December 6, 2005

Revised management guidelines for codling moth were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2005 printed version.

November 8, 2005

Updated cucurbits and sugarbeet pest management guidelines from the November 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

November 4, 2005

Updated asparagus, celery, and spinach pest management guidelines from the October and November 2005 printed versions are now on the Web.

October 28, 2005

Updated carrot pest management guidelines from the October 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

October 17, 2005

The 2006-07 Request for New Proposals for the UC IPM Competitive Research Grants program was released.

October 17, 2005

Updated peppermint pest management guidelines from the October 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

October 14, 2005

Descriptions and photos of dustywings and spider mite destroyer lady beetle have been added to the Natural Enemies Gallery.

September 23, 2005

Find out what pest management practices California almond growers use and what influences their pest management decison making. These are the results of a 10-county UC IPM Program survey.

August 19, 2005

Everyone should pitch in to minimize mosquito problems. Find out why and how with this new ANR publication, Managing Mosquitoes on the Farm (ANR 8158).

August 12, 2005

Twelve commodities that include diseases such as powdery mildew, brown rot, rust, scab, and blight now link to specific fungicide or bactericide efficacy and treatment charts. The commodities are almond, apple, apricot, cherry, grape, nectarine, peach, pear, pistachio, plum, prune, and walnut. Both HTML and PDF formats are on the Web. The PDF, earlier posted, is 2005 Fungicide Efficacy and Timing for Deciduous Tree Fruit and Nut Crops and Grapevines (PDF* 272K).

August 10, 2005

Revised management guidelines for cliff swallows were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the July 2005 printed version.

July 29, 2005

Revisions made to citrus pest management guidelines from the July 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

July 6, 2005

Revisions made to tomato pest management guidelines from the July 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

June 20, 2005

Revisions made to strawberry pest management guidelines from the June 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

June 20, 2005

Revised management guidelines for hackberry woolly aphid were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2005 printed version.

May 20, 2005

New management guidelines for woodpeckers were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2005 printed version.

May 6, 2005

Revisions made to strawberry pest management guidelines from the May 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

May 6, 2005

Revisions made to strawberry pest management guidelines from the May 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

April 29, 2005

Revised management guidelines for ants were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2005 printed version.

April 12, 2005

New management guidelines for opossum and tree squirrels were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2005 printed versions.

April 8, 2005

Revisions made to strawberry pest management guidelines from the April 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

March 15, 2005

Learn about Managing Mosquitoes in Surface-Flow Constructed Treatment Wetlands and Managing Mosquitoes in Stormwater Treatment Devices, two ANR publications.

March 7, 2005

The UC IPM Program's 2004 annual report is now online.

March 4, 2005

A cotton-planting forecast, a 5-day forecast of degree-days to help California's Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton, is updated daily from March 7 through April 30, 2005.

February 25, 2005

Revisions made to cotton pest management guidelines from the February 2005 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the year-around IPM program.

February 18, 2005

Revisions made to walnut pest management guidelines from the February 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

January 21, 2005

Revisions made to prune pest management guidelines from the January 2005 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the year-around IPM program.

January 19, 2005

Revisions made to almond pest management guidelines from the January 2005 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the year-around IPM program.

January 11, 2005

Revisions made to tomato pest management guidelines from the January 2005 printed version are now on the Web.

December 7, 2004

Revisions made to alfalfa pest management guidelines from the December 2004 printed version are now on the Web.

October 20, 2004

New management guidelines for lizards and perennial pepperweed were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the October 2004 printed versions.

October 8, 2004

The newly revised degree-day calculator program now includes the current set of organism-based phenology models. These models provide better biofix dating information and corresponding organism generation information.

September 7, 2004

Revisions made to prune pest management guidelines from the September 2004 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the year-around IPM program.

August 27, 2004

Revisions made to dry beans pest management guidelines from the August 2004 printed version are now on the Web.

August 24, 2004

Revisions made to pistachio pest management guidelines from the August 2004 printed version are now on the Web.

July 28, 2004

New management guidelines for skunks were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2004 printed version.

July 26, 2004

Revisions made to grape pest management guidelines from the July 2004 printed version are now on the Web.

July 9, 2004

New management guidelines for raccoons were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2004 printed version.

June 25, 2004

New management guidelines for deer and rattlesnakes were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2004 printed versions.

June 16, 2004

Revisions made to dry beans pest management guidelines from the June 2004 printed version are now on the Web

June 14, 2004

Revisions made to prune pest management guidelines from the June 2004 printed version are now on the Web. This includes the year-around IPM program.

June 2, 2004

Revisions made to rice pest management guidelines from the April 2004 printed version are now on the Web

May 14, 2004

New management guidelines for boxelder bug and moles were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2004 printed versions.

May 11, 2004

Revisions made to olive pest management guidelines from the April 2004 printed version are now on the Web

April 28, 2004

The newly updated projects database for the UC IPM Grants Programs includes 16 projects funded in 2003

April 23, 2004

Revised management guidelines for bark beetles were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2004 printed version.

April 19, 2004

Revised management guidelines for flies were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2004 printed version.

April 19, 2004

Revised management guidelines for clearwing moths were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2004 printed version.

April 12, 2004

Revised management guidelines for cliff swallows were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the March 2004 printed version.

March 24, 2004

Revised management guidelines for sequoia pitch moth were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the March 2004 printed version.

March 23, 2004

Newly revised Quick Tips, abbreviated versions of Pest Notes for managing home and landscape pests, are now on the Web. A new addition is earwigs. Most of the Quick Tips include both HTML and PDF versions.

March 8, 2004

Revised management guidelines for elm leaf beetle were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the February 2004 printed version.

March 5, 2004

A cotton-planting forecast, a 5-day forecast of degree-days to help California's Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton, is updated daily from March 8 through April 30, 2004.

February 26, 2004

Revisions made to grape and lettuce pest management guidelines from the February 2004 printed versions are now on the Web

February 25, 2004

The 2003 UC IPM Annual Report is online in both HTML and PDF versions.

February 25, 2004

Revised management guidelines for carpenter bees were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the February 2004 printed version.

February 20, 2004

Revisions made to walnut pest management guidelines from the February 2004 printed version are now on the Web.

February 19, 2004

Revisions made to floriculture and ornamental nurseries pest management guidelines from the January 2004 printed version are now on the Web

February 18, 2004

Revisions made to prune pest management guidelines from the February 2004 printed version are now on the Web.

February 10, 2004

Revisions made to peppers and tomato pest management guidelines from the November 2003 and December 2003 printed versions are now on the Web.

January 30, 2004

Revised management guidelines for clearwing moths were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2004 printed version.

January 20, 2004

New management guidelines for weed management in lawns were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2004 printed version.

January 9, 2004

New management guidelines for olive fruit fly and revised management guidelines for cottony cushion scale were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2003 printed versions.

December 23, 2003

Revised management guidelines for horsehair worms were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2003 printed version.

December 16, 2003

Redesigned UC IPM Web site released, incorporating UC IPM's high-quality information for which UC IPM has long been known, but with easier-to-use navigation and an updated look. More

November 5, 2003

Revisions made to citrus, corn, grape, and prune pest management guidelines from the November 2003 printed versions are now on the Web. Linked to prune is a new section on "pest management activities by season," covering dormant/delayed, bloom, fruit development, and postharvest activities. This launches the first in a series of pest management activities by season for selected crops.

October 29, 2003

Revised management guidelines for anthracnose were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the October 2003 printed version.

October 15, 2003

Revised management guidelines for Roses: Diseases and Abiotic Disorders were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the October 2003 printed version.

October 9, 2003

October 6, 2003

October 2, 2003

Revised management guidelines for fire blight were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the October 2003 printed version.

September 9, 2003

New management guidelines for hackberry woolly aphid were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2003 printed version.

August 27, 2003

Revisions made to citrus pest management guidelines from the July 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

August 26, 2003

Revised management guidelines for delusory parasitosis (what's attacking me?) were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2003 printed version.

August 25, 2003

Revisions made to cole crops pest management guidelines from the July 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

August 22, 2003

New management guidelines for scorpions were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2003 printed version.

July 31, 2003

Revised management guidelines for yellow starthistle were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the July 2003 printed version.

July 30, 2003

Revisions made to avocado pest management guidelines from the July 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

July 11, 2003

Revisions made to grape pest management guidelines from the July 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

July 10, 2003

Revised management guidelines for Roses: Cultural Practice and Weed Control were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the July 2003 printed version.

July 7, 2003

Revisions made to potato pest management guidelines from the June 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

June 30, 2003

Revisions made to fig pest management guidelines from the June 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

June 25, 2003

Revisions made to caneberry and turfgrass pest management guidelines from the June 2003 printed versions are now on the Web.

June 20, 2003

Revisions made to apricot pest management guidelines from the June 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

June 18, 2003

Revisions made to pistachio pest management guidelines from the June 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

May 28, 2003

Revised management guidelines for snails and slugs were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2003 printed version.

May 21, 2003

The newly installed natural enemies gallery includes photographs and descriptions of species commonly found on California farms and in landscapes. It is sorted by common and scientific names and by order and family.

May 2, 2003

Revisions made to prune pest management guidelines from the May 2003 printed version are now on the Web.

May 2, 2003

Revised management guidelines for field bindweed, green kyllinga, kikuyugrass, and nutsedge were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2003 printed versions.

April 30, 2003

Revised management guidelines for annual bluegrass were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2003 printed version.

April 2, 2003

New pest management guidelines for sooty mold and wood decay fungi in landscape, and revised management guidelines for lawn insects were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the March 2003 printed versions.

March 10, 2003

A cotton-planting forecast, a 5-day forecast of degree-days to help California's Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton, will be updated daily from March 10 through May 1, 2003.

February 26, 2003

A new aphid identification key will help you identify the aphids commonly found in small grains, corn, and sorghum crops in California. The key was developed by Charles G. Summers and Albert S. Newton, Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, and Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier.

January 31, 2003

New management guidelines for carpenterworm and rats were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2003 printed versions.

January 30, 2003

UC Guide to Healthy Lawns is new on the Web. This site provides comprehensive information on planting and maintaining healthy lawns in California.

January 21, 2003

Revisions made to grape pest management guidelines from the December 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

January 17, 2003

New management guidelines for eucalyptus tortoise beetle and revised management guidelines for eucalyptus redgum lerp psyllid were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2003 printed versions.

January 9, 2003

The Statewide IPM Program's 2002 Annual Report is on the Web. It focuses on a wide variety of activities that UC IPM sponsors throughout California.

December 11, 2002
Information on the request for new proposals for the 2003-2006 Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Program is now available. The deadline to submit proposals is March 17, 2003.

December 11, 2002
Revisions made to olive pest management guidelines from the November 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

December 10, 2002
Nine UC IPM Pest Notes now link to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's health and environmental issues Web site. The information is part of the DPR's implementation of the Healthy Schools Act of 2000 (Assembly Bill 2260). The first nine Pest Notes linked are ants, cockroaches, flies, head lice, spiders, termites, drywood termites, pocket gophers, and house mouse.

December 5, 2002
Revisions made to prune pest management guidelines from the November 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

December 3, 2002
Revisions made to plum pest management guidelines from the November 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

November 26, 2002
Clicking on a numbered selection on the UC IPM county and PestCast Network maps will now deliver you to that station's weather description page.

November 22, 2002
What is required to become a California pest control adviser (PCA)? New to the UC IPM Web site are study pages for the PCA licensing exams. The content includes a definition of a PCA, knowledge expectations, study material lists, and links to what pests you need to identify.

November 12, 2002
Revised management guidelines for conenose bugs were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2002 printed version.

November 7, 2002
UC IPM has computed weather averages for 60 CIMIS automatic or (.A) stations and stored them in the California weather database. To see them, select a station and click on "Averages." Backup stations in the database take into account the full range of averages available. The CIMIS (California Irrigation Management Information System) Network is operated by California Department of Water Resources (DWR).

October 24, 2002
New to Pests of Homes and Landscape (Pest Notes) is an index of pests.

October 10, 2002
New pest management guidelines for bermudagrass seed production and revised guidelines for pear from the September 2002 printed versions are now on the Web.

October 2, 2002
Revised management guidelines for whiteflies and crabgrass were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 2002 printed versions.

October 1, 2002
Revised management guidelines for drywood termites were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 2002 printed version.

September 30, 2002
New management guidelines for earwigs and grasshoppers were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 2002 printed versions.

September 30, 2002
The Statewide IPM Program's Competitive Research Grants Program's Request for New Proposals is available on the Web. Proposals are due January 13, 2003.

September 17, 2002
New management guidelines for mushrooms and other nuisance fungi in lawns were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 2002 printed version.

September 16, 2002
New management guidelines for hoplia beetle and revised management guidelines for bed bugs, bermudagrass, and pantry pests were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 2002 printed versions.

September 9, 2002
Revisions made to apple pest management guidelines from the August 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

August 19, 2002
Just posted on the Web are PDF files for 25 Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) guidelines: anthracnose, bark beetles, bee and wasp stings, brown recluse and other recluse spiders, California oakworm, clearwing moths, codling moth, conenose bugs, cottony cushion scale, delusory parasitosis, eucalyptus longhorned borers, eucalyptus redgum lerp psyllid, fire blight, fruittree leafroller on ornamental and fruit trees, horsehair worms, millipedes and centipedes, mosquitoes, oak pit scales, oleander leaf scorch, redhumped caterpillar, roses in the garden and landscape (cultural practices and weed control, diseases and abiotic disorders, and insect and mite pests and beneficials), sequoia pitch moth, and slugs and snails.

August 12, 2002
Revisions made to nectarine pest management guidelines from the June 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

August 2, 2002
Revisions made to peach pest management guidelines from the June 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

July 26, 2002
Retrieval of all weather data on this Web site is now combined into one central process. You can retrieve daily and hourly data from current stations throughout California. The data includes that from PestCast research networks.

July 11, 2002
The PDF index page for pest management guidelines now includes 20 more PDFs: apple, asparagus, avocado, carrot, cotton, fig, grape, olive, pear, pecan, peppermint, peppers, pistachio, plum, potato, prune, spinach, sugarbeet, walnut, and commercial turfgrass.

July 8, 2002
Information on Identifying Agricultural Management Practices to Reduce Pesticide Runoff, a UC research project funded by the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, is now on the Web.

June 28, 2002
An interactive tomato powdery mildew spray forecast model (TomatoPM) is now online. The model, developed by UC Davis researchers with support from the tomato industry, is based on field monitoring of disease and weather data in California's San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys.

June 28, 2002
Progress reports for the 2001-2002 Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Program are now available online.

June 14, 2002
Revisions made to citrus pest management guidelines from the May 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

June 11, 2002
Revisions made to almond, apricot, caneberries, celery, cherry, cole crops, cucurbits, rice, and strawberry pest management guidelines from the May 2002 printed versions are now on the Web.

May 24, 2002
Descriptions of the 11 new research projects funded by the UC Statewide IPM Program for 2002-2003 are now online in the searchable database. You can also link to the project descriptions from the new funded projects list.

May 24, 2002
Educational events projects funded by the UC Statewide IPM Program for 2002-2003 as part of a joint mini-grants program with UC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (UC SAREP) are posted on the Web.

May 17, 2002
New research projects funded by the UC Statewide IPM Program for 2002-2003 are now on the Web.

May 15, 2002
Final reports for the Noxious Weeds Management Workshop and the Urban Rodent Summit, funded by the UC Statewide IPM Program, are now on the Web.

May 7, 2002
New management guidelines for sudden oak death in California were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2002 printed version.

May 3, 2002
The 2000 data added to the Pesticide Use Summaries is now available online. The database, developed by the Statewide IPM Program with data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, includes summaries of pesticides used on California crops detailed by commodity, pesticide, county, and month.

May 3, 2002
Revised management guidelines for wild blackberries were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2002 printed version.

April 16, 2002
Revisions made to floriculture and ornamental nurseries pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

April 10, 2002
Revisions made to lettuce pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

April 5, 2002
Revisions made to small grains pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

April 4, 2002
Revisions made to cherry pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed version are now on the Web.

March 29, 2002
Revisions made to apricot and kiwifruit pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed versions are now on the Web.

March 28, 2002
Revisions made to dry beans and onion and garlic pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed versions are now on the Web.

March 26, 2002:
Cache Creek (Yolo County) is the first active weather data research station in the 2002 California Tomato Network. Daily, hourly, and sometimes more frequent weather data, from area networks are stored in this database. The data collection is part of the PestCast crop pest model validation and implementation project.

March 21, 2002
A new aphid identification key will help you identify the aphids commonly found in alfalfa and cotton crops in California. The key was developed by Charles G. Summers, Department of Entomology, UC Davis and Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier.

March 21, 2002
Revisions made to artichoke and corn pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed versions are now on the Web.

March 11, 2002
Revisions made to alfalfa, cucurbits, tomato, and strawberry pest management guidelines from the January 2002 printed versions are now on the Web.

March 8, 2002
A cotton-planting forecast, a 5-day forecast of degree-days to help California's Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton, is now on the Web. It will be updated daily from March 7 through May 1, 2002.

March 7, 2002
New management guidelines for giant whitefly and lawn diseases: prevention and management were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2002 printed versions.

February 26, 2002
New management guidelines for dodder and revised management guidelines for California ground squirrel, creeping woodsorrel and bermuda buttercup, pocket gophers, rabbits, spotted spurge, and voles (meadow mice) were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2002 printed versions.

January 11, 2002
The weed photo gallery includes three new weed collages or composites: ladysthumb, pale smartweed, and strawberry clover. It also includes the newly revised white clover. The weed photo gallery can be searched by the common, scientific, or family name.

December 21, 2001
You can now search the research grants database for projects funded in the Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Program. You can find project objectives, progress summaries, funding information, and principal investigators.

December 21, 2001
Descriptive information about the Exotic Pests and Diseases Research Grants Program and the UC IPM-SAREP Educational Event Grants Program is now posted on the Web. The information includes the goals and priorities, proposal and approval process, funding, and results.

December 13, 2001
Descriptive information about the entire UC IPM competitive research grants program—the goals and research priorities, proposal and approval process, funding, and results—is now posted on the Web.

December 7, 2001
Now posted on the Web is the agenda for the Statewide UC IPM Project's two-day conference on "Integrated Pest Management for Public Agencies," set March 4-5, 2002 in the Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis. The conference is limited to the first 150 participants. The last day to register is February 26, 2002.

December 5, 2001
New management guidelines for powdery mildew on fruits and berries and powdery mildew on ornamentals were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2001 printed versions. Also added: revised management guidelines for powdery mildew on vegetables (formerly powdery mildew) from the November 2001 printed version.

December 4, 2001
New management guidelines for clover, dallisgrass, glassy-winged sharpshooter, and windscorpion, and revised management guidelines for elm leaf beetle were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2001 printed versions.

November 20, 2001
The Statewide IPM Project's annual report for 2001 is now posted on the Web.

November 20, 2001
A position description for the opening of Statewide UC IPM Project director is now posted on the Web. Applications should be submitted by January 11, 2002.

November 16, 2001
A newly created, interactive tutorial, "Key to Identifying Common Household Ants," is now linked to Ants, Carpenter Ants, and the Red Imported Fire Ant management guidelines, part of Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes), The key focuses on eight ant species that are most likely to be a nuisance around California homes and structures.

October 11, 2001
Newly calculated climatic averages for 1971-2001 for more 130 weather stations throughout California are now stored and accessible in the weather database. These current and historical daily averages are also in downloadable files.

October 1, 2001
The newly funded UC IPM research projects for 2001-2002 are in the database and posted on the Web, along with the request for proposals, progress and final report formats, schedule, and review committees for the current cycle.

September 28, 2001
The newly improved and expanded resources section includes direct links to the ANR catalog, pesticide safety and training publications, and a list of resources in other languages.

September 14, 2001
New management guidelines for nematodes and revised management guidelines for head lice were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2001 printed versions.

September 14, 2001
Revisions made to carrot pest management guidelines from the July 2001 printed version are now on the Web.

September 7, 2001
New to the UC IPM Web site is a site index, featuring a convenient and easily accessible list of our major resources, including models and calculators, pest identification, pest management, pesticide information, publications, research programs, water quality, and weather data and analysis. This page is linked to the home page.

September 7, 2001
Revised management guidelines for apple scab; fungus gnats, shore flies, moth flies, and March flies; mistletoe; weed management in landscapes; and yellowjackets and other social wasps were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 2001 printed versions.

September 7, 2001
Revisions made to asparagus and alfalfa pest management guidelines from the July 2001 printed versions are now on the Web.

August 31, 2001
Revisions made to avocado, celery, citrus, peppermint, prune, and tomato pest management guidelines from the July 2001 printed versions are now on the Web.

August 14, 2001
Pesticides, primarily diazinon and chlorpyrifos, are contaminating California creeks and rivers. A new feature, Pesticides and Water Quality, takes a look at the threat of pesticides to aquatic life and the quality of our drinking water, and what we can do to alleviate the problem. Separate sections focus on pesticides in residential areas and California agriculture.

August 3, 2001
Weather data for degree-day calculations may now come from three sources: a file you supply, data you enter online, or the UC IPM database for California. Previously, all weather data for the calculations came only from the UC IPM database.

July 27, 2001
The Statewide IPM Project today launched Quick Tips, a new series of pages giving readers brief, to-the-point displays of some of our most pertinent information. The first Quick Tips are short summaries on controlling such pests as ants, aphids, fleas, spiders, and cockroaches. These Quick Tips are linked to relevant Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes).

June 18, 2001
Revised management guidelines for lawn insects and scales were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2001 printed versions.

June 13, 2001
Revised management guidelines for psyllids and thrips were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2001 printed versions.

June 8, 2001
New management guidelines for red imported fire ant were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2001 printed version.

June 7, 2001
Revised management guidelines for termites were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2001 printed version.

May 31, 2001
Revised management guidelines for poison oak were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2001 printed version.

May 29, 2001
New management guidelines for hobo spider were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2001 printed version.

May 1, 2001
New management guidelines for carpet beetles were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the April 2001 printed version.

May 1, 2001
A new section on apple thinning sprays has been added to the pest management guidelines from the April printed version.

April 23, 2001
Translations of pesticide terms from English to Spanish and from Spanish to English are now on the Web.

March 29, 2001
Revisions made to almond and floriculture and ornamental nurseries pest management guidelines from the February 2001 printed versions are now on the Web.

March 22, 2001
New to the weed photo gallery are three weed collages or composites: lesser seeded bittercress, green kyllinga, and willowherbs. The weed photo gallery can be searched by the common, scientific, or family name.

March 21, 2001
Revisions made to cotton and sugarbeet pest management guidelines from the February 2001 printed versions are now on the Web.

March 20, 2001
Revisions made to strawberry pest management guidelines from the February 2001 printed versions are now on the Web.

March 19, 2001
The degree-day utility (DDU) software program can now be downloaded from the Web. This program provides a way to estimate pest and crop development by measuring a combination of time and temperature using units of heat called "degree-days."

March 1, 2001
A slightly revised TomatoPM has been released that is compatible with recent versions of Excel. TomatoPM is a a spray forecast model of tomato powdery mildew.

March 1, 2001
Sunset temperatures, used in the control of codling moth to determine egg hatch and proper spray timing, are now posted on the Web. These temperatures are available about 7 a.m. daily for the previous day, March-May.

February 27, 2001
Spinach, the 40th agricultural crop added to UC Pest Management Guidelines, is now on the Web. It includes sections on diseases, insects and mites, nematodes, and weeds from the February 2001 printed versions.

February 27, 2001
Revisions made to pear, plum, and tomato pest management guidelines from the February 2001 printed versions are now on the Web.

January 31, 2001
The Statewide IPM Project's 2000 Annual Report is on the Web.

January 22, 2001
Revised management guidelines for sycamore scale and lace bugs were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2000 printed versions.

January 19, 2001
New management guidelines for Russian thistle and revised management guidelines for wood wasps and horntails were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2000 printed versions.

January 18, 2001
New management guidelines for Lyme disease in California were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2000 printed versions.

January 12, 2001
New management guidelines for common knotweed and revised management guidelines for clothes moths and walnut husk fly were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2000 printed versions.

January 9, 2001
Revised management guidelines for leaf curl and spider mites were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the December 2000 printed versions.

January 4, 2001
The Statewide IPM Project now has a Web page devoted to free publications online—where to find them and how to access them.

December 22, 2000
If you're seeking weather data from anywhere in California, our Web site now lists at-a-glance daily summaries for the active CIMIS (California Irrigation Management Information System) and TouchTone stations by county, as well as for the PestCast research networks. While data for all the stations can be retrieved for any period, the summaries offer a quick view of weather statistics on any given day.

December 13, 2000
New management guidelines for bordeaux mixture were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2000 printed versions.

December 11, 2000
Revised management guidelines for carpenter ants, fleas, lawn insects, and wood-boring beetles in homes were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2000 printed versions.

December 4, 2000
New to our Web site are PDF versions of Pest Notes. These PDF versions preserve the fonts, formatting, and graphics from the original published documents. They are designed specifically to print and photocopy well in black and white. The text in both the PDF and online HTML versions is identical.

December 4, 2000
New management guidelines for house mouse and revised management guidelines for ants were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2000 printed versions.

November 30, 2000
New management guidelines for cliff swallows were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 2000 printed version.

November 22, 2000
A newly published research paper, Products of UC IPM Research—A Survey of Funded Projects (1989-1999), takes a close look at the 194 research grants that the UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Project funded during that period.

November 22, 2000
The newly updated Help Desk includes "how-to" information on search engine methods, the dormant spray alternatives calculator, the search research projects database, and the pesticide use and California weather databases.

November 22, 2000
A Pesticide Education Program (PEP) Web page now includes additional links to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation's licensing and certification program.

October 18, 2000
Changes made to floriculture and ornamental nurseries pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

October 16, 2000
Degree-day model users can now use the same page to compute degree-days from a preset model or by specifying specific thresholds. The computations use temperatures from our weather database.

October 11, 2000
Changes made to cucurbits and rice pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

October 6, 2000
Changes made to plum pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

October 4, 2000
Changes made to olive and tomato pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

October 2, 2000
Changes made to turfgrass and walnut pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

September 27, 2000
Changes made to apple pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

September 26, 2000
Changes made to cherry pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

September 20, 2000
Changes made to citrus and prune pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

September 18, 2000
Changes made to apricot, nectarine, peach, and pear pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

September 11, 2000
Changes made to grape and pecan pest management guidelines in July 2000 are now on the Web.

August 11, 2000
New management guidelines for plantains were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2000 printed version.

August 10, 2000
New management guidelines for clearwing moths were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2000 printed version.

August 9, 2000
New management guidelines for sequoia pitch moth were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2000 printed version.

August 8, 2000
New management guidelines for oleander leaf scorch were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the July 2000 printed version.

August 4, 2000
Revised management guidelines for California oakworm were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2000 printed version.

July 27, 2000
Revised management guidelines for bark beetles were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the June 2000 printed version.

July 24, 2000
The 1998 data was added to the Pesticide Use Summaries. The database, developed by the Statewide IPM Project with data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, includes summaries of pesticides used on California crops detailed by commodity, pesticide, county, and month.

June 27, 2000
Revised management guidelines for aphids were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2000 printed version.

June 20, 2000
Changes made to citrus pest management guidelines in May 2000 are now on the Web.

May 26, 2000
Revised management guidelines for spiders were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2000 printed version.

May 22, 2000
New management guidelines for lawn insects were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2000 printed version.

May 17, 2000
Revised management guidelines for fleas were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the May 2000 printed version.

May 5, 2000
Documents on the Statewide IPM Project Web site are now easier to find with the newly installed search engine. You can use an advanced search to find documents within a certain range of dates or to do complex Boolean searches.

April 28, 2000
Changes made to turfgrass pest management guidelines in March 2000 are now on the Web.

April 27, 2000
New management guidelines for horsehair worms, millipedes and centipedes, silverfish and firebrats, oak pit scales, redhumped caterpillar, and fruittree leafroller on ornamental and fruit trees, and revised management guidelines for cottony cushion scale were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the February 2000 printed versions.

April 21, 2000
Changes made to caneberries, Cole crops, corn, fig, lettuce, peppers, pistachio, potato, strawberry, and tomato pest management guidelines in February 2000 are now on the Web.

April 14, 2000
Weather data from the 2000 California Tomato Network is available from the California PestCast research weather database.

March 24, 2000
Phenology models for five pests (California red scale, Fuller rose beetle, navel orangeworm, pink bollworm, and omnivorous leafroller) were added to the degree-day calculator page. This page enables growers to compute degree-days, used with our pest management guidelines, to control pests.

March 20, 2000
Codling moth problem? Now when you access apple, walnut, plum, prune, and pear in the Pest Management Guidelines, you can link to the degree-day calculator and sunset temperatures to help you control the insect.

March 17, 2000
Instead of viewing a daily weather summary for just one weather station at a time, you can now see a daily weather summary for multiple weather stations at once. Access the Research Weather Database, select the specific network in the PestCast Networks and the requested date, and view the daily weather summary for all stations in that network.

March 17, 2000
Sunset temperatures are used in the control of codling moth to determine egg hatch and proper spray timing. These temperatures are available at about 7 a.m. daily for the previous day, March-May.

March 15, 2000
New to the weed photo gallery are 15 weed collages or composites: littleseed canarygrass, cattails, common cocklebur, fiddlenecks, fluvellins, groundcherries, milkthistle, tumble mustard, naiads, orchardgrass, fall panicum, common salsify, water smartweed, sunflowers, and waterhyssops. The weed photo gallery can be searched by the common, scientific, or family name.

March 11, 2000
The UC Statewide IPM Project glossary now includes an A-to-Z index, from "abdomen" to "zonate." Just click on a letter of the alphabet to reach your desired pest definition.

March 7, 2000
A cotton-planting forecast, a 5-day forecast of degree-days to help California's Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton, is now on the Web.

February 22, 2000
Changes made to the grape pest management guidelines in December 1999 are now on the Web.

February 18, 2000
Changes made to the apples, asparagus, dry bean, nectarine, olive, peach, pear, plum, prune, rice, and small grains pest management guidelines in December 1999 are now on the Web.

February 15, 2000
Management guidelines for Roses in the Garden and Landscape: Cultural Practices and Weed Control and Roses in the Garden and Landscape: Diseases and Abiotic Disorders were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 1999 printed versions.

February 11, 2000
Management guidelines for Ants, Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Dandelions, and Eucalyptus Longhorned Borers were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2000 printed versions.

February 4, 2000
Management guidelines for brown recluse and other recluse spiders were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the January 2000 printed version.

February 1, 2000
Management guidelines for Roses in the Garden and Landscape: Insect and Mite Pests and Beneficials were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 1999 printed version.

January 25, 2000
The 1997 data has been added to the Pesticide Use Summaries. The database, developed by the Statewide IPM Project with data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, includes summaries of pesticides used on California crops detailed by commodity, pesticide, county, and month.

January 7, 2000
Dormant OP spray alternatives calculator: This new addition to the Web site will help determine costs of viable alternatives to dormant OP sprays in tree fruits.

December 20, 1999
New management guidelines for cockroaches and changes to the management guidelines for apple scab, codling moth, and fire blight were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the November 1999 printed versions.

December 1, 1999
UC Plant Protection Quarterly: The UC Kearney Plant Protection Group and the Statewide IPM Project co-publish a newsletter to provide up-to-date information on all aspects of pest management affecting California agriculture, with emphasis on crops grown in the Central Valley. The UC PPQ page, with current edition and archives, is now linked to the UC IPM Project Web site.

November 22, 1999
The Statewide IPM Project's 1999 Annual Report is on the Web.

November 19, 1999
Research projects listed in the UC IPM Funded Projects database are now searchable on the Web. These are projects funded by UC IPM since 1979, and are categorized by host, pest, discipline, beneficial organism, year that funding began, and principal investigator.

Weather Station News is new to the UC IPM weather database. Read about the latest changes, such as station additions and removals, major data problems, and key activity modifications.

The 1996 data has been added to the Pesticide Use Summaries. The database, developed by the Statewide IPM Project with data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, includes summaries of pesticides used on California crops detailed by commodity, pesticide, county, and month.

October 25, 1999
Management guidelines for annual bluegrass and field bindweed were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the September 1999 printed versions.

September 30, 1999
Management guidelines for anthracnose, common purslane, eucalyptus redgum lerp psyllid, nutsedge, and snails and slugs were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) from the August 1999 printed versions.

August 27, 1999
Changes made to the onion and garlic, peach, small grains, strawberry, and avocado pest management guidelines in June 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

August 26, 1999
Changes made to the alfalfa hay, corn, and cucurbits pest management guidelines in June 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

August 25, 1999
Changes made to the tomato pest management guidelines in June 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

July 6, 1999
Changes made to the kiwifruit and asparagus pest management guidelines in May 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

July 2, 1999
Changes made to the lettuce and artichoke pest management guidelines in May 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

July 1, 1999
Changes made to the pear pest management guidelines in May 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

June 30, 1999
Changes made to the walnut and carrot pest management guidelines in May 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

June 21, 1999
Changes made to the citrus pest management guidelines in May 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

June 20, 1999
Changes made to the celery pest management guidelines in May 1999 have been incorporated on the Web.

June 4, 1999
The California PestCast research weather database pages have been updated to include maps of the PestCast networks and to display new weather datatypes for stations in the 1999 California Tomato Network.

May 21, 1999
A smaller home page graphic was installed; it downloads much faster than the larger one.

March 23, 1999
Management guidelines for flies, yellow starthistle (updated), green kyllinga, and kikuyugrass were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) - from the February, 1999 printed version.

March 12, 1999
A cotton-planting forecast, a 5-day forecast of degree-days to help California's Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton, was added.

March 11, 1999
A new set of pest management guidelines for floriculture has been added.

November 19, 1998
The Web version of our 1998 Annual Report was added to this site.

November 13, 1998
A new disease model (pear and apple/fire blight) was added to the California PestCast Disease Model Database.

November 12, 1998
A new look to our home page and reorganization of our site.

November 2, 1998
An update to disease model (processing tomato/blackmold) was added to the California PestCast Disease Model Database.

November 9, 1998
A page describing two Workshops for Health Care Providers, Extending Pesticide Information and Resources to Health Care Providers (a train-the-trainer workshop), was added to the Web.

October 13, 1998
Pages describing several IPM manuals, with ordering information, can be linked to from our publications page, as well as from each crop's guideline contents page.

September 30, 1998
Requests for new proposals have been published on the Web.

September 29, 1998
Changes made to the strawberry pest management guidelines in July 1998 have been incorporated on the Web.

September 18, 1998
Changes made to the apricot pest management guidelines in July 1998 have been incorporated on the Web.

September 10, 1998
Changes made to the apple, citrus, grape, and tomato pest management guidelines in July 1998 have been incorporated on the Web, as well as the addition of new guidelines for avocado, the 37th in the series.

August 25, 1998
Changes made to the cherry pest management guidelines in April 1998 have been incorporated on the Web.

August 4, 1998
Natural Enemies Handbook - The Illustrated Guide to Biological Pest Control. A description of this new publication with ordering information.

July 31, 1998
UC IPM's Weed Photo Gallery is online! Comprehensive lists by common, scientific, and family names link to descriptions and photo collages of many weed species commonly found in California farms and landscapes.

July 30, 1998
Changes made to the cotton pest management guidelines in April 1998 have been incorporated on the Web.

July 16, 1998
Changes made to the tomato pest management guidelines in April 1998 have been incorporated on the Web.

July 2, 1998
Changes made to the sugarbeet and citrus pest management guidelines in April 1998 have been incorporated on the Web, as well as the addition of new guidelines for peppermint, the 36th in the series.

June 28, 1998
Pesticide Safety: A Reference Manual for Private Applicators was reprinted with a new title (the previous title was Pesticide Safety: A Reference Manual for Growers.

June 9, 1998
Changes made to the almond pest management guidelines in April 1998 have been incorporated on the Web.

June 3, 1998
Management guidelines for bed bugs, conenose bugs, crabgrass, and fleas (updated) were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) - from the April/May 1998 printed versions.

June 2, 1998
IPM for Tomatoes - 4th Edition. A description of this updated publication with ordering information is online.

May 29, 1998
Changes made to the pistachio pest management guidelines in December 1997 have been incorporated on the Web.

May 20, 1998
The Web-based degree-day calculator now allows input from the PestCast research weather stations and has three additional features:

• A missing daily value will not prevent the output of a report or spreadsheet image.
• Calculations can be performed using one of multiple air sensors reported by a single station.
• The two-year limit on reports has been increased to ten.

May 20, 1998
A new disease model (grape botrytis bunch rot) was added, Grape Powdery Mildew Model 1 was updated and a second model was added, to the California PestCast Disease Model Database.

May 1, 1998
Management guidelines for bee and wasp stings, bermudagrass, mosquitoes, pantry pests, and yellowjackets and other social wasps were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) - from the February 1998 printed version.

April 3, 1998
You can now retrieve hourly and daily information from the PestCast Research Weather Database which contains data for 20 stations located in Fresno, Lake, Sacramento, and San Joaquin counties.

March 20, 1998
Changes made to the fig and Cole crop pest management guidelines in December 1997 have been incorporated on the Web, as well as the addition of new guidelines for caneberries, the 35th in the series.

March 5, 1998
Cotton Planting Forecast: San Joaquin Valley: This page provides a 5-day forecast of heat units (degree-days) to assist California's San Joaquin Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton and avoid chilling injury to emerging cotton seedlings. The data is available from March 5 through May 1, 1998.

March 2, 1998
Cotton Planting Forecast: Sacramento Valley: This page provides a 5-day forecast of heat units (degree-days) to assist California's Sacramento Valley cotton growers determine suitable weather to plant cotton and avoid chilling injury to emerging cotton seedlings. The data is available from March 2 through May 1, 1998.

February 27, 1998
Changes made to the turfgrass, grape, and cucurbit pest management guidelines in December 1997 have been incorporated on the Web.

February 27, 1998
A new disease model (pear scab) was added to the California PestCast Disease Model Database.

February 13, 1998
Changes made to the pecan and tomato pest management guidelines in December 1997 have been incorporated on the Web.

January 21, 1998
Read our 1997 Annual Report on the Web.

January 9, 1998
Management guidelines for delusory parasitosis, fungus gnats (and shore flies, moth flies, march flies), head lice, and rabbits were added to (Pest Notes) - from the November 1997 printed version.

November 14, 1997
Updates were made to our lists of publications and slides and videos.

November 12, 1997
Changes made to the turfgrass pest management guidelines in August 1997 have been incorporated on the Web.

October 14, 1997
The Pesticide Education Program's current edition of Targeting Pesticide Safety is accessible on the Web.

October 14, 1997
Two models were updated (Encarsia formosa and pink bollworm) and 14 models were added to The Phenology Model database. New models are: alfalfa harvest, blue alfalfa aphid, citricola scale, citrus thrips, European elm scale, grapevine, johnsongrass, olive scale, pear rust mite, rose flowering shoots, smooth crabgrass, sweetpotato whitefly, yellow nutsedge.

Special thanks to Nena Bloom for her work on this project.

October 10, 1997
Weed Management in Landscapes was added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) - from the July 1997 printed version.

October 3, 1997
Management guidelines for creeping woodsorrel and Bermuda buttercup, spotted spurge, and spiders around the home were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) - from the July 1997 printed version.

October 3, 1997
The list of phenology models now includes scientific names as well as common names of insects, mites, and plants.

October 3, 1997
Changes made to seven pest management guidelines in August 1997 have been incorporated on the Web.

September 19, 1997
Changes made to eight pest management guidelines in May 1997 have been incorporated on the Web.

September 16, 1997
Termites has been updated and drywood termites was added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes) - from the July 1997 printed version.

September 12, 1997
Links to detailed figures and formulas were added to degree-day calculation methods.

August 29, 1997
Monitoring began in July for the Silverleaf Whitefly Pesticide Resistance Updates. This report provides results of a program to monitor insecticide resistance in adult silverleaf whitefly populations in California's San Joaquin Valley.

August 22, 1997
The Statewide IPM Project Competitive Research Grants Program's Request for New Proposals is available on the Web. Proposals are due January 16, 1998.

August 20, 1997
The USDA-ES Smith-Lever IPM Project 's Request for New Proposals is available on the Web. Proposals are due September 26, 1997.

July 25, 1997
An Excel 5 working version of a model for tomato powdery mildew was added to the California PestCast Disease Model Database.

July 18, 1997
Management guidelines for California ground squirrel, clothes moth, and pocket gophers were added to Pests of Home and Landscape (Pest Notes).

July 16, 1997
Our home page has a new entry for UC IPM's Pesticide Education Program. Follow the links to learn about this dynamic program - their workshops, educational materials, newsletters, and more!

Special thanks to Gale Pérez for doing an excellent job of coordinating this project.

July 10, 1997
Congratulations to the California Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (CAPIAP), on the inauguration of its WWW site (http://www.capiap.ucdavis.edu). You'll find information related to PIAP, assessments, and eventually have the ability to search among many databases that can provide information on crops, pesticides, and management practices.

CAPIAP has contracted with the UC IPM computer group to build and maintain the site, and Nena B