Pests
ACP Control With Systemic Insecticides
Last summer’s long hot spell may have contributed to the low trap counts of Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP)…
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Walnut Husk Fly Management
Walnut husk fly poses particular challenges for developing a truly integrated pest management (IPM) program due to the…
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Evaluation of Grafted Tomato Plants for California Fresh Market Production Systems
Why graft? Grafting involves joining a fruit-producing shoot (called the ‘scion’) of a desirable cultivar onto the disease-resistant…
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Pests
Weed Identification: A Crucial Component of Weed Management
Weed identification is the foundation for weed control. For both cultural controls (tillage, weed-whacking, etc.), and herbicides, misidentification…
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Nutrition
Evaluation of Nitrogen Stabilizers to Improve Corn Yield and Plant Nitrogen Status
Nitrogen (N) is part of a balanced, natural cycle in the environment among the atmosphere, soil, plants, animals,…
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Drought
Managing Citrus Thrips is Especially Difficult During Drought Years
(originally March/April 2017) Citrus thrips is a common pest of California citrus, attacking leaves and the calyx end…
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Irrigation
Thermal Infrared Sensors for Postharvest Deficit Irrigation of Peach
(originally published January/February 2017) California has been in a historic drought and the lack of water has been…
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Disease
New Efforts on Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce Brings Disease Front and Center
(originally published September/October 2016) Shortly after hiring on as the inaugural executive director of the University of Arizona’s…
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Disease
Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Management in Tomatoes
By: Thomas A. Turini, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, Vegetable Tomato spotted wilt virus is a thrips-transmitted virus…
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Disease
Grapevine Red Blotch or Leafroll Disease
By: Larry Bettiga, Viticulture Farm Advisor University of California Cooperative Extension Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties…
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