Cheryl A. Wilen Ph.D.

Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor

UCCE
9335 Hazard Way, Ste. 201
949-338-1842 (cell)
San Diego, CA 92123
(858) 822-7795 (do not leave messages-call cell#)
cawilen@ucanr.edu

Websites

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu and http://cesandiego.ucdavis.edu/

Also in:
Los Angeles County
Orange County
San Diego County

Specialty

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for ornamental plant production and maintenance including nurseries, greenhouses, field production, floriculture, turf and landscape, pesticide reduction and alternatives. Research specialty in weed management, snails & slugs.

Education

Ph.D. Botany, UC Riverside. 1994

M.S. Horticulture, University of Arizona. 1983

B.S. Horticulture, University of Maryland. 1980

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

• Ornamental Crops, Landscape and Turf
• Ornamentals / Landscape / Turf - Other
• Ornamentals / Landscape / Turf - General
• Arboreta and Botanical Gardens
• Bedding / Garden Plants
• Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes and Tubers
• Cut Flowers, Foliage and Greens
• Ground Covers
• Landscape - General
• Trees - Ornamental / Landscape / Shade
• Turf / Sod
• Woody Shrubs and Ornamental Vines
• Parks and Urban Green Space
• Horticulture
• Plants and Their Systems
• Plant Product Quality and Utility (Preharvest)
• Plant Management Systems
• Plant Protection
• Weeds Affecting Plants
• Vertebrates, Mollusks, and Other (Non Arthropod, Pathogen, Nematode, Weed) Pests
• Integrated Pest Management Systems
• Communication, Education, and Information Delivery
• Natural Resources and Environment
• Watershed Protection and Management
• Pollution Prevention and Mitigation
• Agriculture
• Commercial
• Organic
• Small Farms
• Pest Management/Diseases
• Ipm
• Endemic Species
• Invasives
• Weeds
• Sustainable Natural Ecosystems
• Endemic and Invasive Pests and Diseases
• Water Quality, Quantity, and Security
• Safe and Secure Food Supplies
• Sustainable Food Systems

Biography

Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

• Niederholzer, F., L. Strand, et al. (in review). Even small amounts of agricultural insecticides can harm fish - Ag Version. ANR Publication.
• Newman, J. and J. Newman (in press). Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to prevent pesticide runoff. A Manual for Greenhouses and Nurseries. ANR Publication.
• Flint, M.L. and C.A. Wilen (2009). "Snails and Slugs." Pest Notes Publication Number #7427
• Newman, J. (2009). Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to prevent pesticide runoff. Greenhouse and Nursery Management Practices to Protect Water Quality. ANR Publication. Publication 3508: 160.
• Newman, J. (2009). Using integrated pest management to prevent pesticide runoff. Greenhouse and Nursery Management Practices to Protect Water Quality. ANR Publication. Publication 3508: 55-72.
• Tickes, B., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2009). Weed section of Bermudagrass Seed Production Pest Management Guidelines. UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Bermudagrass Seed Production. UC ANR. Publication 3472
• Varela, L.G., M.W. Johnson, et al. (2008). "Light brown apple moth's arrival in California worries commodity groups." Cal. Ag 62(2): 57-61.
• Stapleton, J.J., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2008). "Soil solarization for gardens & landscapes." Pest Notes Publication Number #74145
• Faber, B., A. Shrestha, et al. (2007). Avocado Weed Management. UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines. Univ. of California, Agric. & Nat. Res. DANR Pub. No. 3436
• Varela, L.G., J.M. Hashim-Buckey, et al. (2007). "Glassy-winged Sharpshooter." Pest Notes Publication Number #7492
• Bell, C.E., J.M. DiTomaso, et al. (2007). "Invasive Plants." Pest Notes Publication Number #74139
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). "Chickweeds." UC IPM Pest Notes Publication Number #74129
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). "Common groundsel." UC IPM Pest Notes Publication Number #74130
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). "Mallows." UC IPM Pest Notes Publication Number #74127
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). "Puncturevine." UC IPM Pest Notes Publication Number #74128
• Gan, J., Y. Zhu, et al. (2003). "Effect of planting covers on herbicide persistence in landscape soils." Environmental Science & Technology 37: 2775-2779.
• Bell, C.E., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2003). "Invasive plants of horticultural origin." Hortscience 38: 14-16.
• Costa, H.S., K.L. Robb, et al. (2002). "Field trials measuring the effects of ultraviolet-absorbing greenhouse plastic films on insect populations." Journal of Economic Entomology 95: 113-120.
• Phillips, P.A., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2001). "Glassy-winged sharpshooter." Pest Notes Publication Number #7492: 4.
• Costa, H.S., K.L. Robb, et al. (2001). "Increased persistence of Beauveria bassiana spore viability under high ultraviolet-blocking greenhouse plastic." Hortscience 36: 1082-1084.
• Ohlendorf, B. (2000). Weed section of the UC IPM Program. UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Floriculture. IPM Education and Publications, UC Statewide IPM Program.
• Cudney, D.W., D. Shaw, et al. (1999). "Pest Notes: Green Kyllinga." UC IPM Pest Notes Publication Number #7459: 3.
• Wilen, C.A. (1999). Pesticide Resistance: What it is and how to avoid it. DANR. Pubb 99/101
• Ohlendorf, B. (1997). Disease section of the UC IPM Program. UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Floriculture. IPM Education and Publications, UC Statewide IPM Program.
• Masiunas, J.M., M. McGiffen, et al. (1997). Integrated weed management in horticultural crops. Weed Management and Horticultural Crops. ASHS Press.: 1-16.
• Wilen, C.A. (1997). Weed management in landscape and nursery plantings. Weed Management and Horticultural Crops. ASHS Press.: 42-59.
• Elmore, C.L. and C.A. Wilen (1997). "Weed management in landscapes." UC IPM Pest Notes Publication Number #7441: 5.
• Ohlendorf, B. (1996). Weed section of the UC IPM Program. UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Turfgrass. IPM Education and Publications, UC Statewide IPM Program.

Non-Peer Reviewed

• Wilen, Cheryl A. (2013). Efficacy and Crop Safety of Bio-based herbicides for Liverwort Control. Report to USDA IR-4.: 8.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Alliance helps reduce pyrethroid use. Green Bulletin. 1: 4.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Efficacy of Management Tools for Snails (and Slugs). Report to USDA IR-4. Protocol 09-010: 3.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Herbicide Crop Safety - 2009 Carex. Report to USDA IR-4. Protocol 09-011: 8.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Herbicide Crop Safety - 2009 Ceanothus. Report to USDA IR-4. Protocol 09-011: 9.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Herbicide Crop Safety - 2009 Epilobium. Report to USDA IR-4. Protocol 09-011: 8.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Herbicide Crop Safety - 2009 Germander. Report to USDA IR-4. Protocol 09-011: 6.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Herbicide Crop Safety - 2009 Muhlenbergia. Report to USDA IR-4. Protocol 09-011: 7.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Herbicide Crop Safety - 2009 Ribes. Report to USDA IR-4. Protocol 09-011: 8.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). "Nutsedge management (or lack of) in turf." Cal. Weed Sci. Soc. Journal 6(1): 3-4.
• Wilen, C.A. (2010). Weed control on permeable pavers. Green Bulletin. 1: 2.
• Wilen, C.A. (2009). Report to Western IPM Center Priority setting for snails and slugs.
• Klose, S., C. Spielman, et al. (2008). Control of soilborne pathogens in Calla lily utilizing selected biological fungicides in fumigated and non-fumigated soil. California Ornamental Research Federation Newsletter. Winter 2008
• Flint, M.L., C. Reynolds, et al. (2008). Online and Interactive IPM Educational Tools for Retail Employees. 2008 ESA Meeting.
• Klose, S., J. Gerik, et al. (2008). Pest control in field-grown ranunculus without methyl bromide. Fifteenth Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reduction.: 3.
• Wilen, C.A. (2008). Results of Research Project: Evaluation of Interactive IPM Kiosks. California Nurseryscape. November/December 2008: 30-31.
• Varela, L., J.M. Hashim-Buckey, et al. (2008). Revision of pamphlet: â??Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, A Serious threat to California Agricultureâ?? and â??Chicharrita de Alals Cristalinas, Una seria amenaza papa la agricultura en Californiaâ?? UC Piercesâ??s Disease Research and Emergency Response Task Force.
• Klose, S., J. Gerik, et al. (2008). Weed and disease control in Californiagrown floricultural crops without methyl bromide fumigation. 2008 Joint Annual Meeting Amer. Soc. Agron., Soil Sci. Soc. Amer. And Consulting Soil Sci. Asso.
• Wilen, C.A. (2008). Weeds in the lawn â?? Smooth crabgrass identification and control. Retail Nursery Newsletter. June/July 2008: 1, 3.
• Wilen, C.A. (2007). "2007. Self-Help Kiosks Used to Extend IPM Information to Gardeners." UC Delivers
• Wilen, C.A. (2007). "Choosing herbicides responsibly." Southwest Trees & Turf 14(2): 1, 15.
• Johnson, M.W., C. Pickel, et al. (2007). Light Brown Apple Moth in California: Quarantine, Management, and Potential Impacts. UC Statewide IPM Program.: 20.
• Klose, S., J. Gerik, et al. (2007). "Pacific area wide methyl bromide alternatives program (PAW-MBA) for ornamental crops." CORF News(Fall issue): 12.
• Wilen, C.A. (2007). Plastic mulches - it's not just black or white. Proc. 59th Calif. Weed Sci. Soc,
• Elmore, C.L., J.D. MacDonald, et al. (2007). Soil Pests of Floriculture Crops and Potential Control with Methyl Bromide Alternatives in California. California Cut Flower Commission.: 47.
• Newman, J. and J. Newman (2007). Using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) to prevent pesticide runoff. Management Practices to Protect Water Quality: A Manual for Greenhouses and Nurseries. UCCE Ventura County Publication.: 90-112, 188.
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). Action thresholds - The case of crabgrass. Retail Nursery Newsletter.
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). Bifenthrin - The next water quality problem insecticide? Retail Nursery Newsletter.
• Ellis, T., T. Salmon, et al. (2006). Initial evaluation of sprinkler boxes as underground bait stations for California ground squirrels. 22nd Vertebrate Pest Conf. Berkeley, CA.: 8.
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). The cactus moth. Retail Nursery Newsletter.
• Sartain, A, C.A. Wilen, et al. (2006). Tracking cottontail rabbit damage in a southern Californian nursery using GIS and GPS technology. 22nd Vertebrate Pest Conf. Berkeley, CA.: 31.
• Wilen, C.A. (2006). Weed control from a drier point of view. CAPCA Adviser Magazine. July 2006: 20-22.
• Wilen, C.A. (2005). Brown snail biology and control in California. CAPCA Adviser Magazine. May/June 2005: 18-19, 32-33.
• Wilen, C.A. (2005). Migrating Spray Customers to IPM/PHC. Tree Care Industry Magazine. 16: 32-34, 36, 38.
• Wilen, C.A. (2005). Pesticides - how to handle, apply, and store them safely. Retail Nursery Newsletter.
• Kreidich, N., M.L. Flint, et al. (2005). Tracking Non-Residential Pesticide Use in Urban Areas of California. Final report to California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
• Wilen, C.A. (2005). Vertebrate pests of the garden. Retail Nursery Newsletter.
• Becker, J.O., P. Han, et al. (2004). Cottage industry production of nematophagous fungi. Floriculture and Nursery Workgroup Meeting Proceedings,
• Wilen, C.A. (2004). Helping to solve water quality problems along the south coast. 2003 UC IPM Update.: 5.
• Bell, C., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2004). Keep it in the Garden: Protect California's Natural Habitats.
• Kabashima, J., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2004). Pests of Eucalyptus Trees. UCCE Garden Information Series.
• Elmore, C.L., H. Ajwa, et al. (2004). "Preplant soil treatments critical for economic production of field-grown ranunculus - 2004 trial results." CORF News 8(3): 9, 11.
• Kreidich, N., M.L. Flint, et al. (2004). Tracking Non-Residential Pesticide Use in Urban Ares of California. Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America Eighty-Eighth Annual Meeting. Bozeman, MT,
• Newman, J. (2004). Use of Semi-Closed Irrigation Systems. Floriculture and Nursery Workgroup Meeting Proceedings,
• Wilen, C.A. (2003). Biocontrol. UCCE Garden Information Series.
• Wilen, C.A. (2003). IPM and water quality for nurseries. 2002 UC IPM Update.: 3.
• Wilen, C.A. (2003). "IPM Update - Using the Department of Pesticide Regulation website for pesticide registration information." CORF News 7(2): 15.
• Gan, J., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2003). Landscape herbicides: What happens after application? Proceedings California Weed Science Society,
• Wilen, C.A. (2003). Nutsedge Management in Landscape Areas. Proceedings California Weed Science Society,
• Rust, M.K., L. Greenberg, et al. (2003). Pest Management Alliance for the Containerized Nursery Industry. Final Report to California Dept. Pesticide Regulation.
• Bell, C.E., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2003). Results of a survey of UC academics regarding the horticultural origins of invasive plants. Proc. West. Sci. Weed Sci,
• Becker, J.O., X. Chen, et al. (2003). Root-knot nematode destroying microorganisms for home garden and landscape use. Reports of the Elvenia J. Slossen Endowment Fund for Ornamental Horticulture.: 11.
• Wilen, C.A. (2003). Use of subirrigation for weed management in ornamental plant production systems. Proc. West. Sci. Weed Sci,
• Wilen, C.A. (2003). Weeds as Indicators of Environmental Conditions. Proceedings California Weed Science Society,
• Wilen, C.A. (2002). "Biological control for the home gardener." UCCE Los Angeles Garden Information Series
• Wilen, C.A. (2002). Environmental Considerations When Choosing a Herbicide. Proceedings 54th Cal. Weed Sci. Soc,
• Wilen, C.A. (2002). "Integrated pest management for the home gardener." UCCE Los Angeles Garden Information Series
• Wilen, C.A. (2002). "IPM Update - Methyl Bromide Alternatives." CORF News 6(1): 5.
• Wilen, C.A. (2002). "IPM Update- Postharvest." CORF News 6(2): 5.
• Stanton, A.E., C.E. Bell, et al. (2002). Keep it in the Garden: Invasive Plants and the Nursery Trade. Proceedings 54th Cal. Weed Sci. Soc,
• Elmore, C.L. and C.A. Wilen (2002). Ornamentals. Principles of Weed Control. Fresno, Ca, Thomson Publications.: 443-458.
• Renz, M., C. Bell, et al. (2002). Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) Foreign invader in California's wildlands. UC Weed Research Information Center. Leaflet #02-1
• Becker, J.O., P. Han, et al. (2002). Root-knot nematode-destroying microorganisms for the home garden and landscape use. Report to Elvenia J. Slosson Endowment Fund.
• Wilen, C.A. (2002). Survey of residential pesticide use in the Chollas Creek area of San Diego County and Delhi channel of Orange County, California. Report to the California Dept. Pesticide Regulation.: 93.
• Bell, C., C.A. Wilen, et al. (2002). The horticultural origin of invasive plants. 2002 meeting of the Weed Science Society of America. WSSA. 42: 60.
• Wilen, C.A. (2002). "What's up with woodpeckers?" San Diego County Farm Advisors Agricultural News
• Wilen, C.A. (2001). "Action thresholds - the case of crabgrass." San Diego County Farm Advisors Agricultural News August 2001
• Wilen, C.A. (2001). IPM in Action: Battling Nutsedge. Annual Report of the UC Statewide IPM Project for 2000.: 16.
• Wilen, C.A. (2001). "IPM Update." CORF News 5(2): 5.
• Wilen, C.A. (2001). "IPM Update." CORF News 5(1): 5.
• Wilen, C.A. (2001). "Quick action controls weeds best." Southwest Trees & Turf Feb 2001: 4.
• Wilen, C.A. (2001). Survey of residential pesticide use and sales in the San Diego Creek Watershed of Orange County, California. Report to the California Dept. Pesticide Regulation.: 101.
• Wilen, C.A. (2000). Environmental considerations when choosing a herbicide. TurfTales Magazine.: 14-15.
• Bell, C., M. Evans, et al. (2000). "Exotic pest plants." The Nursery Pro 2(2): 9, 17.
• Wilen, C.A. (2000). Kill weeds early to avoid later problems. San Diego County Farm Advisors Newsletter.
• Wilen, C.A. (2000). Monitoring for pests Part II: Sticky traps. San Diego County Farm Advisors Newsletter.
• Wilen, C.A. (2000). Non-traditional Weed Control Techniques. UCR Landscape Research Conf. And Field Day.
• Wilen, C.A. (2000). Pesticides: How to handles, apply, and store them safely. UCCE Garden Information Series.
• Wilen, C.A. (2000). Plant diseases. UCCE Garden Information Series.
• Wilen, C.A. (2000). Vertebrate Pests of the Garden. UCCE Garden Information Series.
• Wilen, C.A. (1999). Bermuda Buttercup. San Diego County Farm Advisors Newsletter.
• Wilen, C.A. (1999). "Factors to consider when selecting herbicides." Cal. Veg. J: 24.
• Costa, H., K. Robb, et al. (1999). Field trials using ultraviolet-blocking greenhouse plastic for pest management. National Meeting of Entomological Society of America.
• Wilen, C.A. (1999). How pesticides work - Part1: Herbicides. TurfTales Magazine.: 9.
• Wilen, C.A. (1999). Imported Red Fire Ants. TurfTales Magazine.: 20.
• Wilen, C.A. (1999). New standards proposed for PCAs. TurfTales Magazine.: 10.
• Greenberg, L., J. Kabashima, et al. (1999). "The red imported fire ant in California." Pacific Coast Nurseryman 58(2): 8, 69-73.
• Wilen, C.A. (1999). Training tool for pesticide resistance developed. Annual Report UC IPM Program.
• Marbie, R., D. Hodel, et al. (1999). University of California Garden Information Project. Report to Slosson Foundation.
• Elmore, C.L., C.A. Wilen, et al. (1999). Vegetation management in fieldgrown flower crops. Western Soc. Weed Sci. Meeting.
• Wilen, C.A. (1998). Fabrics and mulches for weed management in the landscape. 50th Ann. Conf. Of the Cal. Weed. Sci. Soc.: 69.
• Wilen, C.A. (1998). Landscape weed control using geotextiles. CAPCA Adviser Magazine.: 7-9.
• Cudney, D.W., D.A. Shaw, et al. (1998). Smutgrass and green kyllinga, two "new" challenges to turf production in Southern California. Western Soc. Weed Sci. Meeting.: 88-89.
• Elmore, C.L., A.I. King, et al. (1998). Soil solarization, mulches, and herbicides for weed management in field cut flowers. Western Soc. Weed Sci. Meeting.: 68.
• Wilen, C.A. (1998). Winter rains and weeds. TurfTales Magazine.: 1.
• Wilen, C.A. (1997). Nutsedge. San Diego Co. Farm Advisors Agricultural Newsletter.
• Cudney, D.W., D.A. Shaw, et al. (1997). Smutgrass, kyllinga, and dallisgrass biology and control. Landscape Management Research Conf. And Field Day.: 11-12.
• Wilen, C.A. (1997). UC Workshop on Compost Use for Pest Management in Agriculture Proceedings. UC Workshop on Compost Use for Pest Management in Agriculture Proceedings,
• Wilen, C.A. (1997). "Weeds can host damaging plant pathogens." California Vegetable Journal: 8.
• Wilen, C.A. (1996, 1997(2), 1998 (2),1999). IPM Notes. IPM Notes.