Oct. 23, 2008
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| Kris Godfrey of the California Department of Food and Agriculture will talk about the Asian Citrus Psyllid at the Northern California Entomology Sociey meeting. Her husband, Larry Godfrey, is a professor of entomology at UC Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) |
DAVIS—Invasive pests will take over the next meeting of the Northern California Entomology Society, set for Thursday, Nov. 6 in the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District headquarters, 155 Mason Circle, Concord.
Speakers will discuss the light brown apple moth, Asian citrus psyllid and other quarantined pests, announced president Susan Sawyer, area manager of Pest Detection/Emergency Projects, California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). Also planned is the election of officers.
The society is comprised of university faculty, researchers, pest abatement professionals, students and other interested persons.
Registration for club members starts at 9:15 a.m. The agenda includes:
9:30 a.m.: “Biocontrol of the Light Brown Apple Moth, a Quarantine Pest in California” by William Roltsch of the CDFA’s Biocontrol Branch
10:15 a.m.: “Madagascar: People and Nature on the Eighth Continent” by Martin Hauser, CDFA’s Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch
11 a.m.: “Native California Bees Looking for Cheap Urban Real Estate” by professor Gordon Frankie (or assistant), UC Berkeley
11:45 a.m.: Annual business meeting
12 Noon: Catered lunch by Kinder’s Custom Meats: Barbecued marinated ball tip and chicken quarters with barbecued beans; tossed green, potato and fruit salad; assorted soft drinks and cookie ($15)
1:15 p.m.: “Update on Asian Citrus Psyllid, a Quarantine Pest in California” by Kris Godfrey of CDFA’s Biocontrol Branch
2 p.m.: “Overview of CDFA Pests, with Emphasis on Quarantine Pest” by a CDFA scientist (speaker to be announced)
For more information, contact society president Susan Sawyer (916) 262-0855, or SSawyer@cdfa.ca.gov. Or contact the society's secretary-treasurer Eric Mussen, UC Davis Department of Entomology, (530) 752-0472, ecmussen@ucdavis.edu.
The Northern California Entomology Society meets the first Thursday in February at the Hungry Hunter, Fairfield; the first Thursday in May at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility; UC Davis; and the first Thursday in November at the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District office, Concord. Membership dues are $10 year.
Directions: Take 680 to Concord. Take Highway 4 east toward Antioch/Pittsburg. Exit at Arnold Industrial Place/Solano Way. Turn left and go under the overpass (Peralta becomes Laura Alice). Turn right on Nelson. Turn right on Bates. Turn right on Mason.
