Jessica Van Erden joined the Entomology Department as Staff Assistant in February. She graduated from Western Kentucky University in May 2010 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and a minor in Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining the Department of…

The 2017 Integrated Pest Management Training School is Wednesday, March 1, at the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center in Princeton. Speakers Speakers include specialists and agents with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and…

The UK Department of Plant Pathology has launched its new website.  The link to the new homepage is http://plantpathology.ca.uky.edu. As a result of this change, all webpages, along with many publications (particularly PPFSs fact sheets and some Midwest fruit publications),…

It is time again to update the priorities for Kentucky’s Integrated Pest Management Programs. The priorities for IPM educational and research programs must be updated each year.  This is your opportunity to help determine which pest, pesticide and pest management…

The University of Kentucky’s Extension Biotech Strategic Initiative is announcing the availability of a new Curriculum on Genetically Engineered Crops (GMOs).  All materials in the curriculum are publicly available and can be found here.  It includes videos, written resources for Extension…

The UK Integrated Pest Management Program is conducting a survey to evaluate the impact of some large populations of insects during spring and fall 2015. This information will help us understand and improve the usefulness of the weekly trap data…