| Link to Project Summary |
Organization/Project Lead |
Award Year |
Project Type |
Award Amount |
|
Can the Sterile Insect Technique Provide an Alternative to Pesticides for Controlling the Spread of a Major Pest of Citrus, the Asian Citrus Psyllid, in California? |
UC Riverside
Dr. Paul Rugman-Jones |
2023 |
Ag |
$567,775 |
|
Reducing Current and Future Fungicide Use in California Crops by Providing Decision Support and Rotation Tools for Managing the Emerging, Highly Damaging Fusarium falciforme Pathosystem |
UC Davis
Dr. Cassandra Swett |
2023 |
Ag |
$598,497 |
|
Canine Detection of Invasive Vine Mealybugs and Leafroll Virus (GLRaV-3) in California Vineyards |
Lodi Winegrape Commission
Dr. Stephanie Bolton |
2023 |
Ag |
$428,118 |
|
Formulation and Field Testing of RNA-based Biological Control Product for Grapevine Powdery Mildew |
UC Berkeley
Dr. Mary Wildermuth |
2023 |
Ag |
$465,422 |
|
Controlling Grape Pierce’s Disease and Citrus HLB and their Transmission Vectors Using a Stable Plant-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide |
UC Riverside
Dr. Hailing Jin |
2023 |
Ag |
$276,736 |
|
Development of an Automatic Nozzle Selector for Increased Productivity and Reduced Operator Exposure to Pesticides |
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Dr. Peter Larbi |
2023 |
Ag |
$345,919 |
|
Soil Suppressiveness Against Root Lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus vulnus, One of the Key Foes of Almond Production |
UC Riverside
Dr. Andreas Westphal |
2023 |
Ag |
$562,673 |
|
Effects of Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) on Argentine Ants and the Development of Effective IGR Baiting Systems for Sugar-Feeding Pest Ants |
UC Riverside
Dr. Dong-Hwan Choe |
2022 |
Ag |
$269,178 |
|
Development of an In-Wood Baiting System for Western Drywood Termites |
UC Riverside
Dr. Dong-Hwan Choe |
2022 |
Urban |
$274,655 |
|
Novel Precision Technologies to Reduce Insecticide Use Targeting Aphids and Thrips in Lettuce |
UC Davis
Dr. Ian Grettenberger |
2022 |
Ag |
$328,058 |
|
Developing an IPM Approach for Management of Tadpole Shrimp in Rice |
UC Davis
Dr. Ian Grettenberger |
2022 |
Ag |
$277,835 |
|
Receptor Interference: A Novel IPM Technology for Managing Key Insect Pests of Vegetables in California |
United States Department of Agriculture – Agricultural Research Service
Dr. Daniel Hasegawa |
2022 |
Ag |
$335,878 |
|
Fatal Attraction: Area-wide Control of South American Palm Weevil Using Attract-and-Kill Technology |
UC Riverside
Dr. Mark Hoddle |
2022 |
Ag/Urban |
$1,060,130 |
|
Using Entrapping Surfaces to Augment Non-chemical IPM Approaches to Bed Bug Control |
UC Irvine
Dr. Catherine Loudon |
2022 |
Urban |
$486,264 |
|
Decision Support Systems to Reduce Fungicide Applications in Pistachio Orchards |
UC Davis
Dr. Themis Michailides |
2022 |
Ag |
$241,292 |
|
Biting Mites in California’s Homes and Other Structures – Assessing the Problem and Building Capacity for Institutional Outreach and Intervention |
UC Cooperative Extension – Alameda County
Dr. Andrew Sutherland |
2022 |
Urban |
$165,721 |
|
Developing Best Management Practices for the Control of Diseases in Vegetable Transplant Greenhouses |
UC Davis
Johanna Del Castillo |
2021 |
Ag |
$87,983 |
|
Evaluation of an artificial sweetener as a potential bait toxicant and an insecticide synergist against German cockroaches, an important indoor pest of public health |
UC Riverside
Dr. Chow-Yang Lee
|
2021 |
Urban |
$110,938 |
|
Enhancing Virus Control in Lettuce and Melons by Optimizing Immunity Priming Approaches |
UC Riverside
Kerry Mauck
|
2021 |
Urban |
$216,967 |
|
Research toward the potential of reducing soil fumigation in California’s seedless watermelon using grafting and Trichoderma-containing biologics. |
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
Zheng Wang
|
2021 |
Urban |
$109,055 |
|
First investigations into the biology and management of an invasive cockroach species |
UC Cooperative Extension – Alameda County
Andrew Sutherland
|
2020 |
Urban |
$56,913 |
|
Efficacy of Alternatives to Pyrethroids and Neonicotinoids for Aphid Management in Lettuce |
UC Cooperative Extension – Monterey County
Alejandro Del Pozo
|
2019 |
Ag |
$87,328 |
|
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Pest Preventive Design Elements Incorporated into 3,495 Affordable Housing Units in San Francisco |
Integrated Pest Management Green Purchasing, San Francisco Department of the Environment
Chris Geiger |
2019 |
Urban |
$160,651 |
|
Develop biological control solutions for the management of canker diseases in the fruit and nut crops |
UC Davis
Florent Trouillas |
2019 |
Ag |
$197,202 |
|
Reducing pesticide use in citrus by capitalizing on previously-unrecognized innate resistance in mandarin species |
UC Davis
Jay Rosenheim |
2018 |
Ag |
$240,000 |
|
Reducing fumigant use in processing tomato by enabling use of resistant cultivars to manage Fusarium diseases |
UC Davis
Cassandra Swett |
2018 |
Ag |
$70,000 |
|
Reducing risks associated with fumigation by improving current heat treatment and localized treatment technologies |
UC Riverside
Dong Hwan Choe |
2018 |
Urban |
$194,316 |
|
To spray or not to spray? Using small cheap IR sensors to automate pest ant counts |
UC Riverside
Mark Hoddle |
2018 |
Ag |
$413,232 |
|
Reducing pesticide risk by using drones to enhance performance of biological control |
UC Davis
Christian Nansen |
2018 |
Ag |
$161,443 |
|
Alternatives to soil fumigants in California's fresh market carrot production |
UC Riverside
Jörn Becker |
2017 |
Ag |
$185,255 |
|
Utility of Brassica crops for nematode suppression by biofumigation and co-cropping in walnut orchards |
UC Riverside
Andreas Westphal |
2017 |
Ag |
$256,425 |
|
New Fruit Fly Attractants to Reduce Pesticide use in Eradication Programs |
USDA
Spencer Walse |
2017 |
Ag |
$75,000 |
|
Development of site-specific management of soil pests using molecular quantification, remote sensing, and
field scouting |
UC Riverside
Alex Putman |
2017 |
Ag |
$485,314 |
|
Optimizing Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation for Management of Prunus Replant Problems |
USDA
Greg Browne |
2016 |
Ag |
$230,000 |
|
Improved Management of Alfalfa Weevil in California Alfalfa to Facilitate Water Quality Protection and Sustainability |
UC Davis
Larry Godfrey |
2016 |
Ag |
$280,646 |
|
Rapid detection and damage threshold analysis - decision making tools for nematode management in carrots |
UC Davis
Amanda Hodson |
2016 |
Ag |
$236,845 |
|
Further research on the potential for soil fumigant use reduction in CA using grafted tomatoes |
UCANR
Brenna Aegerter |
2016 |
Ag |
$106,332 |
|
Suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes with digestates from anaerobic fermenters |
UC Riverside
Andreas Westphal |
2016 |
Ag |
$243,196 |
|
Integrating Plant Horticulture and Soilborne Disease Control by Methyl Bromide
Alternatives for Strawberries |
UC Cooperative Extension, Santa Cruz
Mark Bolda |
2015 |
Ag |
$167,621 |
|
Integrated Approaches to Replace Methyl Bromide in Strawberry Production: Strategies for
Soilborne Disease Management |
UC Davis
Krishna Subbarao |
2015 |
Ag |
$400,000 |
|
Evaluation of Alternatives to Soil Fumigants and Diallyl Disulfide for the Management of White
Rot in Allium Crops |
UC Davis
Rob Wilson |
2015 |
Ag |
$107,577 |
|
Enhancing Biological Control of Citrus Pests with Improved Ant Control Technologies |
UC Riverside
Dong Hwan Choe |
2015 |
Ag |
$424,802 |
| Optimizing Solarization-Based Technologies as Sustainable Alternatives to Soil Fumigation |
UC Regents ANR
James Stapleton |
2014 |
Ag |
$299,992 |
| Development of a Mobile Steam Applicator to Replace Fumigants for
Strawberry |
UC Davis
Steven Fennimore |
2014 |
Ag |
$294,612 |
| Improving Efficacy of Biologically Mediated Soilborne Disease Management in Strawberry by the Use of Reduced Rate Fumigations |
The California Strawberry Commission
Dan Legard
|
2014 |
Ag |
$298,472 |
| Determining the Impacts of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Soil Fumigation on Pistachio Growth |
UC Cooperative Extension, Merced
David Doll
|
2014 |
Ag |
$74,384 |
| Managing Nematode Parasitism and Prunus Replant Disease with Spot Fumigation and Rootstocks |
UC Cooperative Extension, Merced
David Doll
|
2014 |
Ag |
$108,433 |
| Integrated pesticide reduction strategies for insect and disease management in cole crops |
UC Santa Cruz
Carol Shennan |
2013 |
Ag |
$399,304 |
| Methyl bromide alternatives for strawberry nurseries |
UC Davis
Lynn Epstein |
2013 |
Ag |
$153,289 |
| Reduced risk approaches to manage maggot pests in cole crops in the central coast |
UC Regents ANR
Shimat Villanassery Joseph |
2013 |
Ag |
$302,542 |
| Reducing dependence pre-plant soil fumigation in almond and stone fruit orchards |
USDA-ARS
Greg Browne |
2013 |
Ag |
$130,578 |
