Kent Daane, 2004

Web sites:   http://daane.uckac.edu/
                     http://www.cnr.berkeley.edu/biocon/
                     http://espm.berkeley.edu/divisions/ib.html

Research Statement
My research focus is relatively straightforward: the development of ecologically based insect pest management systems in orchard and vineyard crop systems. To achieve this goal, my research and extension activities have focused on the classical biological control of insect pests, augmentation programs (where beneficial insects are commercially mass-produced and released), insect-plant interactions, use of least-disruptive insecticides and the biology of natural enemies.

Recent Publications

Krugner, R., Daane, K. M., Lawson, A. B., Yokota, G. Y. 2005. Biology of Macrocentrus iridescens (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A parasitoid of the obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Environmental Entomology. (in press)

Daane, K. M., Yokota, G. Y., Krugner, R., daSilva, P. G., Steffan, S. A., Beede, R. H., Bentley, W. J., Weinberger, G. B., Holtz, B. A., Ferguson, L. 2005. Large bug damage to San Joaquin Valley pistachios. California Agriculture. (in press)

Daane, K. M., Bentley, W. J., Walton, V., Malakar-Kuenen, R., Yokota, G. Y., Millar, J. G., , Ingels, C. A., Weber, E. A., Gispert, C. 2005. Sustainable controls sought for the invasive vine mealybug. California Agriculture. (in press)

Costello M. J., and Daane, K. M. 2005. Day versus night sampling for spiders in vineyards. American Journal of Arachnology (In Press)

Daane, K. M., Sime, K. R., Dahlsten, D. L., Andrews, J. W., Jr., and Zuparko, R. L. 2005. The biology of Psyllaephagus bliteus Riek (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a parasitoid of the red gum lerp psyllid (Hemiptera: Psylloidea). Biological Control 32: 228-235.

Mills, N. J., and Daane, K. M. 2005. Non-pesticide alternatives (biological and cultural controls) can suppress crop pests. California Agriculture 59(1): 23-28.

Daane, K. M., R. E. Rice, W. W. Barnett, F. G. Zalom, and M. W. Johnson. 2004. Arthropod pests, pp 105-114. In G. S. Sibbett and L. Ferguson, [eds.], Olive Production Manual. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 3353.

Daane, K. M., Malakar-Kuenen, R., and Walton, V. M. 2004. Temperature development of Anagyrus pseudococci (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) as a parasitoid of the vine mealybug, Planococcus ficus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae). Biological Control 31: 123-132.

Walton, V. M., Daane, K. M., and Pringle, K. L. 2004. Utilizing the sex pheromone of Planococcus ficus to improve pest management in South African vineyards. Crop Protection 23: 1089-1096.

Daane, K. M., Bentley, W. J., Macmillan, C., and Walton, V. W. 2003. New control programs for the vine mealybug. Wine Business Monthly 10(8): 24-28.

Daane, K. M., and Williams, L. E. 2003. Manipulating vineyard irrigation amounts to reduce insect pest damage. Ecological Applications 13(6): 1650-1666.

Costello M. J., and Daane, K. M. 2003. Spider and leafhopper (Erythroneura spp.) response to vineyard ground cover. Environmental Entomology 32(5) 1085-1098.