Information from my 30 year career as a PCA
Ants
Ants in Orchards and Vineyards in the San Joaquin Valley. view
Experiments Mixing Ant Baits. 2017. view
Spiders
Spiders in San Joaquin Valley Vineyards: Pests, Biters, and IPM Agents. view
Grapes
Organic Pest Management in Grapes. view
Wasps Fill Spur Nests with Aphids. view
Stamen-Anther Scarring in Grapes; Not Caused by Thrips. view
Katydids in Grapes. view
The Tiger Fly: A Predator of Leafhoppers in San Joaquin Valley Grapes. view
Beetles in Grapes
Grape Cane Borer Monitoring and Control. 2014. view
Grape Rootworm Beetle. view
Mealybugs and biocontrol
Grape Mealybug Biocontrol in the San Joaquin Valley. view
Predaceous Gall Midges: Predators of Grape and Vine Mealybug. view
Do They Eat Mealybugs? view
Little Brown Mealybug Destroyer. view
A "Mealybug-Feeding Snout Moth". view
Video of MFSM Caterpillar. By Cristina Gomez view
How a Red Braconid Wasp Helps Control Vine Mealybug by Parasitizing the Givira Caterpillar. view
Parasites of Mealybugs in Grapes - photos. view
Grape Mealybug Seasonal Movement: Not What UC IPM Says. With a Degree Day Model and Spray Timing Suggestions. view
Grape bud analysis and fruitfulness
Grape Bud Fruitfulness: What Happens in the Plant? view
Grape bud mites
Grape Bud Mite Damage in the Bud and After Budbreak. view
Grape bud diseases and injury
Evidence for Bud Pathogens. view
Alternaria in Grape Buds. view
Fire damaged buds. view
Symptom complexes:
Black Globule. view
Black Spot Rot. view
Black Spotty Bract. view
Brown Leather. view
Dark Core. view
Gray Decay. (Botryospheriaceae?) view
Red Lesion Decay (Alternaria?). view
Rusty Spot Mealy Mush. view
Yellow Hair (Eutypa?). view
Tree Fruit and Nuts
Aphids and Their Natural Enemies on Stonefruit In the San Joaquin Valley. view
Darkling Ground Beetles Can Eat Almonds on Ground. view
Sap Beetles Damaging Pistachios. view
Oriental Fruit Moth in Asian Pears. view
Specialty Crop Pest Management
Blueberry IPM in the San Joaquin Valley. view
Persimmon Pest Management in the San Joaquin Valley. view
Pomegranate Pest Management In the San Joaquin Valley. view
Adjuvants
Agricultural Spray Adjuvants, conventional and organic, grouped by similar ingredients. view.
Contact Devin
Devin Carroll - devinc at sbcglobal.net
559-240-5127
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