University of California
Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Professor, CE Specialist and Entomologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station
EntomologyOne Shields Avenue
374 Briggs Hall
Davis, CA 95616-8621
(530) 752-3687
fgzalom@ucdavis.edu
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Specialty
Fruit and Vegetable Crop Entomology; Integrated Pest ManagementAreas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)
- Berries - General
- Strawberries
- Wine Grapes
- Almonds
- Olives
- Stone Fruits - General
- Tomatoes - Processing
- Plants and Their Systems
- Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
ANR Publications
- Almond: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Aquatic Pest Control
- Grape Pest Management—Second Edition
- Integrated Pest Management for Almonds, 2nd Edition
- Integrated Pest Management for Apples and Pears, 2nd Edition
- Integrated Pest Management for Floriculture and Nurseries
- Integrated Pest Management for Rice --Third Edition
- Integrated Pest Management for Small Grains
- Integrated Pest Management for Stone Fruits
- Integrated Pest Management for Strawberries, 2nd Edition
- IPM in Practice -- Second Edition
- Natural Enemies Handbook: The Illustrated Guide to...
- Olive Production Manual-2nd Edition
- Proceedings: Sustainable Agriculture in California—Research...
- Strawberry: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
- Tomato: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
California Agriculture Article Contributions
- Understanding the seasonal and reproductive biology of olive fruit fly is critical to its management
- Almond growers rely on pest control advisers for integrated pest management
- Environmental laws elicit evolution in pest management
- Managing resistance is critical to future use of pyrethroids and neonicotinoids
- Almond and stone fruit growers reduce OP, increase pyrethroid use in dormant sprays
- Building the IPM continuum
- Expanded efforts needed to limit exotic pests
- Success of mite-fighting tactics evaluated: In Central Valley, early-season release of Willamette mites confers resistance on wine grapes
- Pest management record-keeping duties shift with computerization
- Sulfur can suppress mite predators in vineyards
- Vacuums provide limited Lygus control in strawberries
- In low-input and organic systems: Researchers find short-term insect problems, long-term weed problems
- Pesticides: Risk, regulation and research
- Insect pathogen “Bt” controls peach twig borer on fruits and almonds
- Imported wasp helps control southern green stink bug
- Integrated pest management in California
- IPM: California's almond IPM program
- IPM: Monitoring tomato fruitworm eggs in processing tomatoes
- Trapping tomato fruitworm in the Central Valley
- Alternatives to targeted pesticides: the DANR database
- Progress report: Vice President's task force on pest control alternatives: Overview
- Parasitoid helps control fruit worm in Sacramento Valley processing tomatoes
- Controlling tomato pinworm by mating disruption
- Managing cabbage aphids in brussels sprouts
- Control of stink bugs in tomatoes
- Lures and traps for monitoring tomato fruitworm
- Presence-absence sampling of citrus red mite
- Sampling Tetranychus spider mites in almonds
- Cultural management of the navel orangeworm by winter sanitation
- Surveying sweetpotato whitefly in the Imperial Valley
- Use of integrated pest management in alfalfa
- Monitoring aphids on Brussels sprouts
- Monitoring lepidopterous pest damage to processing tomatoes
- Biological control and genetics: Genetic manipulation of mosquitoes
ANR Workgroup Associations
- Almond - Member
- Biological Control - Member
- Biometrics and Computer Software - Member
- Exotic Fruit Fly - Member
- Integrated Grape Production - Member
- Integrated Pest Management of Glassy Winged Sharpshooters and the Diseases they Vector - Member
- Pest Management in ANR - Member
- Pesticide Resistance Management - Member
- Pesticide Use Report - Member
- Pomology Extension Coordinating Conference (PECC) - Member
- Prune - Member
- Spray Application Technology - Member
- Strawberry - Member
- Water Quality - Member
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