University of California
Fruit and Nut Research & Information Center
Dr Lucia G. Varela Ph.D.
North Coast IPM Advisor
UC Cooperative Extension133 Aviation Boulevard
Suite 109
Santa Rosa, CA 95403-2894
(707) 565-2621
lgvarela@ucdavis.edu
Website
Also in:
Integrated Pest Management
Napa County
Lake County
Mendocino County
Specialty
Apples, pears, wine grapes, pest managmentEducation
Ph.D Entomology, UC Berkeley. 1990
M.S. Entomology, UC Berkeley. 1986
B.S. Biochemistry, UC Los Angeles. 1982
Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Wine Grapes
- Apples
- Pears
- Plants and Their Systems
- Plant Protection
- Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
- Biological Control of Pests Affecting Plants
- Integrated Pest Management Systems
- Beneficial Insects
- Spanish
- Agriculture
- Commercial
- Organic
- Pest Management/Diseases
- Ipm
- Endemic Species
- Invasives
- Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases
- Sustainable Food Systems
ANR Publications
- Integrated Pest Management for Apples and Pears, 2nd Edition
- Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to...
- Pear: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Tarjetas de identificacion y monitoreo de plagas de la vid...
California Agriculture Article Contributions
- New Zealand lessons may aid efforts to control light brown apple moth in California
- Liquid baits control Argentine ants sustainably in coastal vineyards
- Sidebar: Pomace management reduces spread of vine mealybugs
- Light brown apple moth's arrival in California worries commodity groups
- Imported parasitic wasp helps control red gum lerp psyllid
- How to distinguish glassy-winged sharpshooter from its “look-a-likes”
- Spring insecticide treatments control adelgids on Douglas fir
- Disease, insect pressures make organic production risky in Sonoma County



