Acknowledgments

Developing a content-rich Web site requires a multitude of talents and many hours of attention to detail. Numerous UC Statewide IPM Program staff helped develop this site. This list singles out key individuals and their primary involvement.

Planning, management, development, and design

• Joyce Strand, Buz Dreyer, Adam Shiffman

Programming

• Buz Dreyer, Ed Morgan

Production

• Buz Dreyer, Marty Martino, Ed Morgan, Fernanda Rosa, Adam Shiffman

Documentation

• Joyce Strand, Adam Shiffman

Web server administration

• Buz Dreyer

Photography

• Larry Strand, photo librarian
• Jack Kelly Clark, ANR Communication Services, principal photographer

Pest Management Guidelines    

• Barbara Ohlendorf, Pest Management Guidelines coordination
• Mary Jane O'Neill, production
• Christine Joshel and Rick Melnicoe, OPIC—pesticide registration verification
• Mary Louise Flint, technical editor—1987 to July 2007
• UC IPM content development staff, hyperlink designation

Pests in Homes, Gardens, Landscapes, and Turf   (including material adapted from CD-ROM)

Pest Notes

• Mary Louise Flint, technical editor
• Pauli Galin—coordination; layout; design of PDFs
• Diane Clarke and Rick Melnicoe, OPIC—pesticide registration verification
• Content development staff, hyperlink designation

Quick Tips—English ~ Spanish    

• Mary Louise Flint, technical editor
• Pauli Galin—layout and design
• UC IPM staff, content development
• Riesa Bigalow, Myriam Grajales-Hall, Lucia Varela—Spanish translation

Material adapted from The UC Guide to Solving Garden and Landscape Problems (including pests of ornamental trees, shrubs, fruit, and vegetables)

• Mary Louise Flint, technical editor
• Cheryl Reynolds, editor and page development

Natural Enemies Photo Gallery

• Jodi Azulai, Steve Dreistadt, Mary Louise Flint, and Emily Thacher—compilation
• Compiled largely from the Natural Enemies Handbook

Weed Photo Gallery

• Jodi Azulai, Mary Louise Flint, and Cheryl Reynolds—compilation
• Joseph DiTomaso, technical advisor
• Clyde Elmore, Thomas Lanini, Robert Norris, and Cheryl Wilen—contributions and technical review

Key to Identifying Common Household Ants

• See section acknowledgment page

UC Guide to Healthy Lawns

• See section acknowledgment page

Pesticides Used Around Homes and Gardens

• Mary Louise Flint, technical editor
• Cheryl Reynolds, Karey Windbiel-Rojas, and Jodi Azulai—development and contributions
• ANR Urban Horticulture Workgroup, funding support
• Urban Pesticide Committee, Education and Outreach Subcommittee—content suggestions

Key to Aphids Most Commonly Found in San Joaquin Valley Alfalfa and Cotton

• See section acknowledgment page

Key to Aphids Most Commonly Found in Small Grains, Corn, and Sorghum in California

• See section acknowledgment page

California Weather Databases

• Joyce Strand, agricultural meteorologist
• Marty Martino, meteorology assistant—acquisition and quality control
• California Department of Water Resources California Irrigation Management Information System, data acquisition and transfer (automatic stations)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, data acquisition (climate stations)
• Many individuals and agency personnel, data acquisition (PestCast and TouchTone stations)

Research Grants Programs Database

• UC scientists, project information
• Buz Dreyer and Ed Morgan, database and Web programming
• Stephanie Klunk, database content
• Melanie Caruso, grants assistant

California Pesticide Use Summaries Database

• Ann Strawn, data analysis and quality control
• Department of Pesticide Regulation of the California Environmental Protection Agency, data acquisition

Citrus Thrips Damage Estimator

• Heinrich Schweizer and Joseph G. Morse, authors
• Ed Morgan, programming
• Steve Dreistadt, principal editor

Tomato Powdery Mildew Spray Forecast Model

• Remigio A. Guzman-Plazola, R. Michael Davis, and J. J. Marois—authors
• Buz Dreyer, Web programming

Phenology Model Database

• Nena Bloom, Erin Borden, Ann Strawn—analysis and final model specification

Disease Model Database

• Jenny Broome, Nena Bloom, Nora Underwood, Remigio Guzman-Plazola—analysis and final model specification

Pest Monitoring Research Tool

• Carolyn Pickel and Frank Zalom, specifications
• Buz Dreyer, Web programming

Introduction to Pesticides for Retail Employees

• Cheryl A. Reynolds, Mary Louise Flint, and Joyce F. Strand—University of California Statewide IPM Program
• Funding of this project was provided by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and U.S. EPA
• Advisory Committee:
  • Nita Davidson, California Department of Pesticide Regulation
  • Ann Joseph, Consultant
  • Ron Kanemoto, Yamagami’s Nursery
  • Cheryl Wilen, UC IPM Southern California
  • Karey Windbiel-Rojas, UC IPM
• Photography:  Cheryl Reynolds, Jack Kelly Clark, Statewide IPM Photo Collection
• Illustrations:  Chris O’Connor; Pesticide drift illustrations by Celeste Rusconi
• Video:  Ray Lucas
• Narration:  Michael Poe
• Special thanks goes to:  Jodi Azulai, Barbara Ohlendorf, Adam Shiffman, Karey Windbiel-Rojas
  The staff at Davis Ace Hardware for giving permission to take photographs of pesticide products and labels
  Very special thanks and appreciation go to Don Shor and Rosanne Mignosa of Redwood Barn Nursery of Davis for allowing filming of video clips

PCA Exam Helper

• Emily Thacher and Mary Louise Flint, compilation
• Thanks to California Department of Pesticide Regulation staff, especially Adolfo Gallo and Mac Takeda for assistance

Almond IPM Practices Survey

• See section acknowledgements

• Kathy Keatley Garvey, Lisa Gough, Shawn King, Johanna Kwan, Donna Seaver, Kathy Stewart, Geoff Stratton—UC IPM staff
• Seyed Ahmad, Craig Anderson, Melvin Cheah, Nate Cauchi, Phillip Chiu, Joshua Coley, Wilson Lam, Leo Lam, Sherry Li, Alfred Nicolas, Alex Ohlendorf, George Suarez, Ricky Wong, and Hana Zeidenberg—student assistants

This World Wide Web site is a program of the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program, funded through the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The State of California provides primary funding, with additional funding from the Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under special project Section 3(d), Integrated Pest Management.

Results of some specific sponsored research or extension projects are also reported on this Web site, and funding sources are identified on those pages.

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