Thrips/TSWV status in Yolo & Colusa

April 16th update

April 16, 2019
By Neil McRoberts
Weather outlook The next 10 days will see consistent warm, dry weather in the lower Sacramento Valley. Highs in the upper 70's or low 80's and overnight lows in the mid to low 50's will allow steady thrips development, and we should see numbers starting to build up.
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Projections for early season high risk period

March 30, 2019
By Neil McRoberts
General situation After a dry and warmer weekend, the weather will return to a cooler, unsettled pattern next week, with temperatures in the low-to-mid 60's and significant chance of further rain showers on several days.
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The 2019 season opens

March 7, 2019
By Neil McRoberts
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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