Disease
Tools, Tactics, and Strategies for Managing Postharvest Decay of Apple Fruit
Introduction: Apple Production, Storage and Rots Apples have an estimated annual farm gate value of nearly $4 billion…
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Grapes
Angled Shoot Projection (SASP) Trellis Design
We have a small vineyard consisting of mostly French and a few Spanish varietals planted on deep sand,…
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New Technology
Mechanized Vineyard—Is it the Wave of the Future?
Mechanization progress in a traditionally labor intensive crop is yielding improved production and quality. Wine grape growers in…
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Pests
Maximizing the Efficiency of Airblast Spraying
Agricultural operations are becoming more efficient-have you noticed? Efficiency is defined as using the least amount of input…
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Grapes
Weed Management in Vineyards
From wine grapes to table grapes and raisins, there are several ways to prevent and manage weeds in…
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Disease
Entomopathogenic Fungi Antagonizing Macrophomina phaseolina in Strawberry
Charcoal rot, caused by Macrophomina phaseolina, is one of the important fungal diseases of strawberry in California. Macrophomina phaseolina is…
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Disease
Southern Blight in Processing Tomatoes: Diagnosis, Management and Monitoring
Southern blight, caused by the fungus Sclerotium rolfsii, is a destructive crown rot disease that rapidly kills tomato…
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Disease
Biocontrol of Aflatoxin Contamination in Nut Crops is Working!
It was in 1991, when I received a call by the President of the former California Pistachio Commission,…
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Irrigation
Assessing the Impact of Irrigation Water Quality on Strawberry Cultivars
Strawberries are the third most valued crop in California ($2.3 billion) and one of the most sensitive to…
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Disease
Non-Botrytis Fruit Rots of Strawberry: Under-estimated and Under-Researched?
Growers face a multitude of obstacles when trying to produce large volumes of high-quality strawberry fruit for a…
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