Agricultural Commissioner (Ventura County)
Information on Crop Reports and Pesticides
Invasive Plants in Southern California
California is world-famous for its diversity of topography and climate. Because of this, California has some 5,000 different species of native plants -- the largest number of any of the states. Unfortunately, California has also become home to about 1,000 non-native plant species. About 100 of these non-natives are invasive pest plants; about half of these are escaped horticultural plants. These are not the weeds of agriculture or domestic landscapes; they are weeds of natural areas. These "invasive plants" have spread into California's wildlands, creating a host of problems:
Red Gum Lerp Psyllid
University of California, Center for Biological Control. The Red Gum Lerp Psyllid, a new pest of Eucalyptus species in California.
Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (IPM)
Solve your pest management problems with UC's best information, personalize it with interactive tools, or find out about pest management research and extension projects.
Agricultural crops
Monitoring techniques, pesticide information, and non-pesticide alternatives for managing insect, mite, nematode, weed, and disease pests in agricultural crops, floriculture and ornamental nurseries, and commercial turf.
Home and landscape
Monitoring techniques, pesticide information, and non-pesticide alternatives for managing pests in homes and landscapes
Mosquito Research Program
Funds and coordinates research and education on mosquito-borne diseases and environmentally safe methods to improve mosquito control.
Other tools and management information
Links to weather data, degree-day models, and UC integrated pest management special projects on the web.
Sudden Oak Death
Information on the distribution and monitoring of Sudden Oak Death in California. Also, educational materials, information for homeowners, symptoms, and events.
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
Scientific research and education programs promoting economically viable agricultural and food systems that sustain natural resources, biodiversity, and quality of life for farmers and communities.
UC ANR News and Information GWSS media kit
News releases, photos, expert contacts, publications, and other information on the threat of Pierce’s disease and the exotic pest that is spreading the disease in California, the glassy-winged sharpshooter.
UC Statewide IPM Project grape pest management guidelines
Guidelines for managing Pierce’s disease in grapes.
Weed Research and Information Center
Weed education opportunities, information on aquatic weeds and herbicides, and guidelines for weed control in agricultural crops.
Xylella fastidiosa Web site
An overview and introduction to Pierce's disease, control guidelines, other diseases caused by X. fastidiosa, and information on X. fastidiosa insect vectors.