Orchard/vineyard Entomologist | Cooperative Extension Specialist | Director of UC Organic Ag Institute | Kearney Ag. Center | Dept. Entomology, UC Riverside
Fresno, CA
Joined June 2019
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Join our growing team at the UC Organic Agriculture Institute! We're hiring for various positions. Come be a part of our mission to promote research and extension in organic agriculture. Apply now! @ucanr ucanr.edu/sites/organic/Care…
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Environmental Scholars from @Morehouse, @TuskegeeUniv & @SpelmanCollege visited @treecrops @ucanr as part of their summer research program @ESPM_Berkeley with Prof Tim Bowles @bowleslab.
We hope they return to @UofCalifornia for grad school
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ALT Three Black undergraduate students stand in an orchard with UC scientists at UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center.
Houston Wilson retweeted
@ucanr statewide conference tour on #wine #raisin #table #grape in Fresno. @grapetweets @ucce_joy @daane_lab @treecrops discussed @UCIPM #rootstock #mechanization #water in the SJV
[Postdoc Opportunity - Hemp/IPM] We're looking for a someone to lead efforts to develop integrated pest management for California hemp. Project is already funded! Based in my lab off-campus near Fresno, CA. Join us!! treecrops.ucr.edu/postdoc-he…
[Postdoc Opportunity] We're recruiting a postdoc to help develop sterile insect technique for navel orangeworm in pistachio/almond orchards. Position is based in my lab off-campus near Fresno, CA. treecrops.ucr.edu/postdoc-SI…
We're hiring Laboratory Assistants for the 2023 field season!! We have multiple positions open in our lab at the Kearney Ag Center (near Fresno) as well as on the UC Riverside campus. Feel free to reach out directly if you have any questions! treecrops.ucr.edu/lab-assist…
We'll be talking at about navel orangeworm in walnuts this Friday up in Yuba City at the California Walnut Conference @CaWalnuts @my_ag_life_ca - more info here: myaglife.com/events/
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This week on the podcast, I discuss leaffooted bug lures with @treecrops. This is still a work in progress, but there are still some exciting updates! @MillironLuke
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Todxs invitados a estos 2 seminarios de #agroecología que tendremos en Antumapu el 1 y 7 de diciembre 12:30 pm. Contaremos con importantes expositores de California, Colombia y Francia @altierimiguel @treecrops @isaralyon @dcsavuchile @agronomiauchile @ESPM_Berkeley @UCRiverside
Thanks for the shout out @pammarrone!! Great event and opportunity to catch up with so many friends and colleagues at the Sustainable Ag Expo in SLO!!
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I'm looking forward to lecturing at this agroecology short-course in the way way south of Chile with @amunozsaez @leahlrrenwick and others!!
Anunciamos nuestro curso de postgrado "Advances in Transdisciplinary Agroecology", junto a colegas de @isaralyon @UCRentomology @agronomiauchile. Hay becas para estudiantes Latinoamericanos! 👀🌎 Más info summerschool.uchile.cl/advan…
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“What we’re doing in the UC #Organic Agriculture Institute could result in new practices ... that will benefit really all growers in California that are looking to reduce environmental impacts,” @treecrops @ucanr told @BrianAgNetWest
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This week on the pod, I get an update from @treecrops on the sterile insect technique work being done in Navel Orangeworm. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: @MillironLuke @UCIPM
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California #hemp growers, consultants & researchers are invited to join the Hemp Agroecology Network to share their knowledge with @treecrops, @kadiehemp, @AlfalfaGuy & guide hemp research @ucanr. More info at ucanr.edu/sites/hemp/
ALT Hemp plants in field
[Postdoc Opportunity - Avian Agroecology] We're recruiting a postdoc to study the contribution of birds to pest control in California vineyards. Position is based in northern California at @humboldtcalpoly
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Our navel orangeworm colony is housed nice and cozy in an incubator. 🏠
#lab #incubator #insecthusbandry #labtech #professional #navelorangeworm #sterileinsecttechnique instagr.am/p/ChLJRG8PScN/
We put moths in flight cylinders to test their flight ability and fitness.
#navelorangeworm #entomology #labtech #moth instagr.am/p/Cgz8Q9QvdjL/
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#blackfigfly lure comparison experiment is happening in Ventura!Thanks to @pettyranch for collaboration 🪰
#blackfigfly traps being set up in the fig orchard today. Hate that another fig season will be lost to this pest, but hopefully our friends at @UCRiverside will be able to find control methods before BFF spreads to the Central Valley.
