Nut, Olive and Prune Programmatic News

Orchard pest monitoring is typically conducted with traditional sticky traps that are checked weekly to evaluate changes in pest pressure to inform the timing of pest management activities. Trap counts provide a broad illustration of pest populations over a (typically) one week period, but fail to discern…

 Pecan bud break and bloom dynamics in the southern San Joaquin ValleyElizabeth J. Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County, Jennifer Randall, Professor, New Mexico State University, Richard Heerema, Extension Specialist, New Mexico State UniversityOf the four nut crops grown in California’s Central…

Table Olive Yields Benefit from a New Approach to the Age-old Practice of PruningElizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Farm Advisor, Tulare and Kings Counties, and Carol J. Lovatt, Professor of Plant Physiology, Emeritus, Dept. of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC RiversidePruning is essential for sustaining orchard…

UC Davis updates nitrogen removal coefficients for table oliveElizabeth Fichtner, Farm Advisor, UCCE Tulare County and Daniel Geisseler, CE Specialist, UC Davis                 UC Davis researchers have partnered with local UCCE…

Variety and neighboring crops are predictors of leaffooted bug risk in almondElizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Farm Advisor, Tulare County and David Haviland, UCCE Entomology Advisor, Kern CountyLeaffooted bug is a sporadic pest in almond, but damage can be significant in years when pest pressure is high. The pest…