Ricky Lara

Senior Environmental Scientist
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, California

Presentation(s):

• Bridging Generations: Celebrating 50 Years of Innovative Biocontrol Programs in California & Beyond

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

• Introductory remarks

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Pacific

• Closing remarks

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  11:20 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific

• Overwintering in California: A continued look at Trissolcus japonicus resilience

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  11:25 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

• Rearing non-targets for host-specificity testing of Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris, a key parasitoid of Tuta absoluta

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  11:25 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

• Current progress on the classical biological control of brown marmorated stink bug in California

  Sunday, November 9, 2025
  5:18 PM - 5:30 PM Pacific

• SomosEnto Community Affairs Breakfast & Recognition Mixer

  Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Pacific

• SomosEnto: Advancing Entomology Through Legacy and Innovation

  Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific

• Introductory remarks

  Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Pacific

• What is the future?: Management of diamondback moth in California's cole crops and the challenges and opportunities

  Tuesday, November 11, 2025
  4:35 PM - 4:55 PM Pacific

• Advances in proactive pest management of EAB in California

  Wednesday, November 12, 2025
  11:24 AM - 11:41 AM Pacific