Thrips/TSWV Fresno

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Projections for early season high risk period

March 30th, 2019
General situation After a dry and warmer weekend, the weather will return to a slightly cooler, unsettled pattern next week, with temperatures in the mid-to-high 70's and slight chance of rain showers on several days.
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The 2019 season opens

March 7th, 2019
Hello. This is the first update for 2019 for the UC western flower thrips/tswv outlook for processing tomato. General outlook As a reminder, the base temperature we use for estimating thrips development is 45F.
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2018 Season - First post

April 9th, 2018
General situation It has been an up and down start to the year for thrips development. Through February the relatively dry winter, and somewhat warm start to the year in the San Joaquin Valley meant we were running ahead of the 30 year average for degree day accumulation.
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