Nut, Olive and Prune Programmatic News

Over the past few years, the California walnut industry has experienced several challenges including supply-chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a pronounced heatwave in September 2022 that affected walnut quality throughout the state, and the introduction and growth of international prod...

Olive orchards entering an OFF year in 2024 may benefit from pre-bloom foliar boron (B) applications to support reproduction and yield.

Walnut scale (Figure 1) 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 and possibly flatheaded borer damage.

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.