Author(s): Elizabeth Mosqueda, Richard Smith and Steve Fennimore Assistant Professor CSU, Monterey Bay, Farm Advisor and UC Extension Weed Specialist Background: Automated weeder technology has evolved significantly over the past decade.
Author/s: Richard Smith, Joji Muramoto and Patricia Love UCCE Farm Advisor, Extension Specialist and Staff Research Associate In the fall, following the crop production season, residual soil nitrate-nitrogen (N) levels increase when N-rich residues from crops such as broccoli are incorporated into t...
Author: Richard Smith and Daniel Hasegawa, UCCE Monterey County and USDA ARS, Salinas Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) caused significant crop loss in 2020.
Strategies to Control Pythium Wilt of Lettuce Author: Richard Smith and JP Dundore-Arias Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey; and Plant Pathology Professor, Cal State Monterey Bay In 2020 Pythium wilt of lettuce (Pythium uncinulatum) caused up to 100% yield loss in some fields in the Salinas Valley.
