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When describing Mark Hoddle, it’s easy to think of him as the Indiana Jones of the entomology world.And it’s not just because of his shirt.This summer, he led a team of UC Riverside researchers on a 600-mile journey to Southern Arizona, where the group trekked 5,500 feet above sea level to a remote “sky island” to find an elusive insect that almost no one has studied.Why go all that way to look for a tiny bug? Because it could be the key to controlling a looming threat to much of California’s agriculture — including its wine, nuts, and avocados.Read the Full Article  18 Oct The South American Palm Weevil Invasion in San Diego County, California The South American Palm Weevil Invasion in San Diego County, California The Situation: The South American palm weevil (SAPW), Rhynchophorus palmarum, is a non-native pest of palms that has established populations in San Diego County in California. In December 2010... Read More More about the Article: The South American Palm Weevil Invasion in San Diego County, California 22 Feb Asian Citrus Psyllid Biocontrol Taskforce Awarded the 2017 California Department of Pesticide Regulation IPM Achievement Award Mark Hoddle, Director, Center for Invasive Species Research, University of California Riverside 2017 IPM Achievement Awards for advancing reduced-risk pest management practices through innovation, leadership, and education and outreach. On 13 February 2018 at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters... Read More More about the Article: Asian Citrus Psyllid Biocontrol Taskforce Awarded the 2017 California Department of Pesticide Regulation IPM Achievement Award 16 May The Red Palm Weevil Crisis in Tunisia: A Potential Threat to Food, Economic, Social, and Political Security? Written by: Mark Hoddle Department of Entomology, UC Riverside Email: mark.hoddle@ucr.edu More Research: UCR Biocontrol Website The red palm weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, is a highly invasive and extremely damaging pests of palms, especially ornamental Canary Islands date palms (Phoenix... Read More More about the Article: The Red Palm Weevil Crisis in Tunisia: A Potential Threat to Food, Economic, Social, and Political Security? 05 Apr The Making of a South American Palm Weevil Mini-Documentary for “Deep Look” with KQED The South American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is well established in parts of San Diego County in California and is responsible for killing numerous Canary Islands date palms. The spectacular damage this invasive pest causes and the large... Read More More about the Article: The Making of a South American Palm Weevil Mini-Documentary for “Deep Look” with KQED

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