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Weeds as reservoir for Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus (INSV)
Richard Smith is the University of California Cooperative Extension Monterey County Vegetable Crop...
Gray Hairstreak Host Plant: A Record of Some Kind?
Where are the monarch butterflies? They're MIA on the four species of milkweed in our Vacaville...
The gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus, finds a play her lay her eggs, on the buds of a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gray hairstreak, Strymon melinus, laying eggs on the buds of a tropical milkweed, Asclepias curassavica. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The importance of reducing winter weed host plants for INSV control
Richard Smith is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Advisor...
Photo 4. Sow thistle seedling (common in crop and non-crop areas)
Photo 5. Lambsquarter seedling (common warm season weed that germinates in late spring)
Photo 6. Shepherd's purse seeding (common year-round weed in production fields and ditches)
Photo 7. Nettleleaf goosefoot (common summer weed that can grow in the winter as well)
Photo 8. Mare's tail (typical dense infestation of mature plants)
Photo 9. Burning nettle
Photo 10. Field bindweed (perennial around fields; infected plants can begin the season infected)
Photo 11. Purslane (common summer weed)
Photo 12. Hairy fleabane (common summer annual that germinates in the winter)
Photo 13. Hairy nightshade (common summer annual that can survive into the winter)
Targeting Insect-Host Plant Research
It's exciting to see a promising career unfold. We first met UC Davis graduate student Alex Van...
Alex Van Dam, photographed next to a giant cactus.
