Presentation - Pest Management using biological control targeting invasive weeds (SFE IPM 12.07.23)
Channel: SF Environment
Date: 2024-01-03

SF Environment December IPM Meeting. Pest management using biological control targeting invasive weeds in wildlands in California. 

The presenter is Dr. Patrick Moran, Research Entomologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture- Agricultural Research Service, Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Research Unit.

Dr. Moran covers:
- invasive weeds and biological control
- historical overview of weed biocontrol in California 
- recent releases of biological control agents of weeds in California
- examples of weeds for which future candidate agents are under study
- resources to acquire and apply knowledge of biological weed control in integrated pest management of invasive weeds