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  • UC Cooperative Extension advisors Kirsten Pearsons (left) and Yu-Chen Wang search ice plants for Western flower thrips, the insect that carries the impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV). The disease has greatly impacted lettuce growers in the Salinas Valley. Photo by Daniel Hasegawa
    New UCCE advisors bring fresh ideas to protect lettuce from INSV, Pythium wilt

    Feb 3, 2023

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • Since INSV was first observed in the state in 2006, the virus triggered significant crop losses in 2019, leading up to a catastrophic 2020. Photo by Daniel Hasegawa
    Lettuce growers hope weeding, research can counter devastating plant virus

    Jan 14, 2022

    • Agriculture
    • Food
    • Pest Management
  • Alejandro Del Pozo-Valdivia, UC Cooperative Extension entomology advisor in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties, in an iceberg lettuce field in Chualar, Calif.
    UCCE advisor is tracking down answers to a lettuce aphid mystery

    May 17, 2019

    • Pest Management
  • Iceberg lettuce in the produce section of a market.
    Broccoli and lettuce cost studies released by Agricultural Issues Center

    Jun 5, 2017

  • Third grade students from Fremont Elementary School joined classmates on their way to Kearney's lettuce planting at last year's Farm and Nutrition Day.
    'Agriculture: Food for Life' is the theme of National Ag Week

    Mar 24, 2017

  • Lettuce in UC Davis greenhouse. (Photo: Gregory Urquiaga)
    Building a better salad to outsmart climate change

    Oct 20, 2015

  • Lettuce varieties that can sprout in hot weather could become more important as global temperatures are predicted to rise.
    Gene discovery may yield lettuce that will sprout in hot weather

    Mar 28, 2013

  • A dish made with nopales (cactus pads).
    Survey identifies 19 produce candidates for a farm-to-WIC program

    Feb 9, 2012

  • In soils infested with the Fusarium fungus, 'Caesar' lettuce was highly disease resistant.
    Integrated approach can reduce the risk of Fusarium wilt in lettuce

    Feb 8, 2012

  • There's no need to re-wash pre-washed greens.
    Re-washing bagged greens may do more harm than good

    Feb 2, 2012

  • Lettuce irrigation.
    UC nitrate *quick test* protects water quality

    May 17, 2010

  • Scientists believe a protein may help keep food safe

    May 21, 2009

  • UC studies the use of compost to restore burned areas

    May 8, 2009

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