Grants help fund UC research into lower-risk pest control

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation has awarded grants to two University of California researchers to find lower-risk methods to control pests in specialty crops.

Shimat Joseph received a $302,542 grant to study root maggots in cole crops and how to control them yet reduce associated pesticide risks.
Lynn Epstein, UC Davis plant pathology professor, received a $153,289 grant to