The following are sources for the news media. Please do not print or distribute:
Beth Grafton-Cardwell – Commercial production statewide
Citrus entomologist and director of the UC Lindcove Research and Extension Center
(559) 592-2408
eegraftoncardwell@ucanr.edu
Peggy Mauk – Plant pathology
UC Cooperative Extension specialist, based at UC Riverside
(951) 827-4272, peggy.mauk@ucr.edu
Mary Bianchi – Home and commercial production, San Luis Obispo County
UC Cooperative Extension advisor
(805) 781-5949, mlbianchi@ucanr.edu
Ben Faber – Home and commercial production, Ventura County
UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor
(805) 645-1462, bafaber@ucanr.edu
James Bethke – Home and commercial production, San Diego County
UC Cooperative Extension farm advisor
(951) 775-7172, jabethke@ucanr.edu
Cheryl Wilen – Commercial integrated pest management statewide
Area IPM advisor
(858) 822-7795, cawilen@ucanr.edu
Karey Windbiel-Rojas – Home/garden integrated pest management statewide
Area IPM advisor
(530) 750-1241, kwindbiel@ucanr.edu
News sources in Spanish:
David Haviland – Identificación y control de plagas
Asesor agrícola de Extensión Cooperativa en Bakersfield, Condado de Kern
(661) 868-6215, dhaviland@ucdavis.edu
Jesus Lara – control integrado de plagas
Estudiante de posgrado en entomología, UC Riverside
(916) 475-2163, jesus.lara@ucr.edu