Carolyn Pickel

Area IPM Advisor, Emeritus

Cooperative Extension Sutter-Yuba Counties
142A Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95991-5512
(530) 822-7515
cxpickel@ucdavis.edu

Website

http://cesutter.ucdavis.edu

Also in:
Integrated Pest Management

Specialty

IPM programs

Education

M.S. Entomology and Integrated Pest Management, University of California, Berkeley. 1976

Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)

• Ag Commodities and Products - General
• Fruit and Nut Crop
• Fruit and Nut Crop - General
• Almonds
• Walnuts
• Vegetable Crops
• Plants and Their Systems
• Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
• Integrated Pest Management Systems

Biography

ANR Publications

• Almond: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
• Growing Strawberries in Your Garden
• Integrated Pest Management for Almonds, 2nd Edition
• Integrated Pest Management for Apples and Pears, 2nd Edition
• Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits
• Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries, 2nd Edition
• Integrated Pest Management for Walnuts-Third Edition
• IPM in Practice, Second Edition
• Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to...
• Peach: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
• Pear: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
• Pests of the Garden and Small Farm
• Seasonal Guide to Environmentally Responsible Pest Mgmt....
• Seasonal Guide to Environmentally Responsible Pest Mgmt....
• Strawberry Production in California
• Tree Fruit Pest Identification and Monitoring Cards
• Walnut: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

California Agriculture Article Contributions

• Pheromone-based pest management can be cost-effective for walnut growers
• Light brown apple moth's arrival in California worries commodity groups
• Almond growers rely on pest control advisers for integrated pest management
• Pheromone mating disruption offers selective management options for key pests
• BIOS approach tested for controlling walnut pests in San Joaquin Valley
• Pheromones control oriental fruit moth and peach twig borer in cling peaches
• Mass releases of Trichogramma wasps can reduce damage from codling moth
• Growers prefer personal delivery of UC information
• Vacuums provide limited Lygus control in strawberries
• Cyclamen mite control in strawberries
• Some lepidopterous pests of central coast apricots
• Spray coverage on strawberries
• Managing cabbage aphids in brussels sprouts
• Monitoring aphids on Brussels sprouts

ANR Workgroup Associations

• Almond - Member
• Cling Peach - Member
• Exotic Fruit Fly - Member
• Pesticide Use Report - Member
• Pomology Extension Coordinating Conference (PECC) - Member
• Prune - Member
• Spray Application Technology - Member
• Walnut - Member

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