Lindcove REC Blog

Citrus Tristeza Virus Testing Keeps Lindcove Lab Bustling With Activity

Annual CTV testing of all trees at the Lindcove Research and Extension Center was completed in April.  Four hard-working field staff sampled 11,000 trees by blotting the cut ends of four stems per tree onto nitrocellulose membranes. ...

Therese Kapaun performs RT-qPCR on CTV samples in the Lindcove Plant Pathology Lab.

Therese Kapaun performs RT-qPCR on CTV samples in the Lindcove Plant Pathology Lab.

T30 strain results using a Taqman probe and Bio-Rad software.

T30 strain results using a Taqman probe and Bio-Rad software.

UC Davis Scientists Evaluate Pest Interest in Mandarin Varieties

Hannah Kahl and Tobias Mueller, research staff for Dr. Bodil Cass and Dr. Jay Rosenheim in the Entomology Department of UC Davis are conducting experiments in the laboratory and orchards at Lindcove Research and Extension Center.  The goal of...

Dress right for work – check out the new UC IPM online course on personal protective equipment

Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner. If you work in agricultural, turf, landscape, or structural settings, you are probably at your busiest. If you handle pesticides as part of your work, you most likely wear some sort of...

LIndcove REC Fruit Display and Tasting!

This weekend is the annual Lindcove REC Fruit Display and Tasting Event! (22963 Carson Ave., Exeter) On Friday, Dec 8, we open from 9-noon for the citrus industry, with tours of various projects at the Center starting at 10 am. ...

California Red Scale Workshop on Biology and Management

On Sept 28, Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell led an all-day training on the nitty gritty details of the life cycle of California red scale and its parasites.  She also spent time discussing the current problems with managing scale in orchards and how...

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