From the glassy-winged sharpshooter that can cause Pierce’s disease of grapes and oleander leaf scorch, to fire ants that have infested residential areas in southern California, scientists funded by UC EPDRP are a step ahead in finding ways to prevent, detect, and control or eradicate these and other invaders.

Since its inception, the USDA-supported project has funded more than 100 studies, allocating nearly $9 million. The EPDRP is a collaboration between the UC Riverside Center for Invasive Species Research and the UC Statewide IPM Program, with funding from United States Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

The workshop was part of the Riverside campus’s 2006-2007 100th anniversary celebration of the contributions of the Citrus Experiment Station to pest and disease management.