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Salinas Valley Agriculture

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2024 Fusarium wilt of lettuce variety trial field day

July 26, 2024

By Yu-Chen Wang

Register here: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=43345 Field day location: https://maps.app.goo.

2024 Automated Technology Field day

May 30, 2024

By Paramveer Singh, Richard F Smith

University of California Cooperative Extension 2024 Automated Technology Field Day Thursday, June 27, 2024 9:00 a.m.

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Denomination of Pe: 20, a new race of downy mildew in spinach

May 13, 2024

By Yu-Chen Wang

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Survey of Lettuce Downy Mildew to Identify Race and Fungicide Resistance

April 30, 2024

By Yu-Chen Wang

The Michelmore lab at the University of California, Davis routinely monitors isolates of Bremia lactucae, the pathogen that causes lettuce downy mildew for their ability to overcome disease resistance genes and for insensitivity to fungicides.

In-field drone release of green lacewing eggs and predatory mites

Predators by drone: Biological control research

April 11, 2024

By Mayra Cervantes

Two of the worst pests plaguing lettuce growers in the Salinas Valley area are aphids, specifically lettuce-currant aphids (Nasovonia ribisnigri), and western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis).