Nut, Olive and Prune Programmatic News

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.

The removal of nuts remaining on almond trees from the prior year's crop is an important winter sanitation practice for the management of navel orangeworm (NOW), Amyelois transitella.

As California's nut industry has grown, so too have the opportunities for UC ANR farm advisors and specialists to present the latest innovative research topics to the state's nut growers, crop consultants and farm managers.