Jan-Mar 2005 California Agriculture Table of Contents

Jan-Mar 2005 California Agriculture Table of Contents

COVER: Under the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996, many uses of organophosphate insecticides and other broad-spectrum pesticides are being phased out, with important implications for California growers; UC scientists are exploring a range of alternatives. Shown on this home gardener’s shelf are generations of pesticides, some of which have been banned or their uses curtailed.
Photo: Galen Rowell/Corbis

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Issue date: Jan-Mar 2005

Editor’s note
We gratefully acknowledge the efforts of those who contributed to the publication of this special issue on alternatives to organophosphate insecticides: Robert A. Van Steenwyk, Cooperative Extension Entomologist at UC Berkeley, and Frank G. Zalom, Cooperative Extension Entomologist at UC Davis, who served as co-chairs; California Agriculture associate editor Timothy D. Paine, Professor and Entomologist at UC Riverside, who oversaw the peer review of manuscripts; and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which partially funded this issue of the magazine.

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News

Editorial

Environmental laws elicit evolution in pest management

Letters
Crab details and Cal Ag goes to the Amazon

Science briefs
Pyrethroids in Central Valley stream sediments toxic to bottom-dwellers

State announces new methyl bromide use rules; phase-out delayed

Three of four county anti-GMO measures fail

News Releases

Current

Research and reviews

Food Quality Protection Act launches search for pest management alternatives
Van Steenwyk, Zalom
Organophosphate insecticides have allowed large yield increases, but under the FQPA many will be cancelled. Alternatives are needed to maintain a viable state agricultural industry.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT PDF

Managing resistance is critical to future use of pyrethroids and neonicotinoids
Zalom, Toscano, Byrne
Pyrethroids and neonicotinoids have
become important replacements for organophosphates, but resistance and nontarget impacts have been already identified.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT PDF

Pheromone mating disruption offers selective management options for key pests
Welter et al.
Mating disruption can control insects; new pheromone-dispersal technologies are more effective, but insecticides are sometimes still necessary.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT PDF

Biological and cultural controls . . .
Nonpesticide alternatives can suppress crop pests
Mills, Daane
Natural enemies of pests play an important role in preventing crop damage; cultural practices can also reduce the susceptibility of a crop to pests.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT PDF

Various novel insecticides are less toxic to humans, more specific to key pests
Grafton-Cardwell et al.
A number of newly registered insecticides have low mammalian toxicity and target specific crop pests; however, resistance and secondary pest outbreaks must be managed.
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Microorganisms and their byproducts, nematodes, oils and particle films have important agricultural uses
Godfrey et al.
Insect pathogens are potentially effective, but their commercial use — except Bt — has been limited; metabolic compounds from microorganisms and oils are widely used in pest control.
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Costs of 2001 methyl bromide rules estimated for California strawberry industry
Carter et al.
Methyl bromide use restrictions cost strawberry growers an estimated $26 million in 2001,
with costs borne unevenly among counties
and different-size growers.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT PDF

2004 Index
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