Nut, Olive and Prune Programmatic News

Two UC ANR entomologists, Walter Bentley, IPM Advisor emeritus, and Richard Coviollo, Entomology Advisor retired, assisted with identifying male walnut scale insects while visiting with Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare County Orchard Systems Advisor.

Usted ha notado que enteros cultivos maduros se han reducido a montones de astillas en solo das? Lo que ests viendo se llama reciclo de cultivos enteros, y es un mtodo de facilitar la descomposicion de la tierra y preservar la calidad del aire en el valle central de California.

Visalia students at Linwood Elementary were introduced to prunes as a local crop and a nutritious snack during today's Try it Tuesday event hosted by teachers, Julie Cates and Bethany Gonzales.

Walnut scale (Figure 1A) is an important economic pest of walnuts in California. High populations of walnut scale may affect tree vigor as well as predispose trees to diseases caused by several plant pathogenic fungi.

The unusually wet winter and spring of 2023 has had unprecedented impacts on our local orchard systems. However, the cumulative impacts of a barrage of atmospheric rivers and persistent standing water in some flooded areas may not be realized for another year.