Topics in Subtropics

Topics in Subtropics Blog

You can subscribe to this blog with multiple entries per week reflecting what's happening with subtropical crops and upcoming educational events. Just click on the "Subscribe" button just to the right of this paragraph. There's also our seasonal quarterly Topics in Subtropics newsletter found at our Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, San Diego, Tulare and Kern Counties Cooperative Extension websites.

Learning the Ways of Nitrogen

November 1, 2021

By Ben A Faber

UC Nitrogen Management Course Online Open to All Interested Parties, starting November 8th Are you interested in learning more about Nitrogen Management? Are you a Certified Crop Advisor seeking Continuing Education Units and/or preparing for the new California Nitrogen Specialty Exam?

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Distinguishing Disease from Drought is Possible

November 1, 2021

By Ben A Faber

New ways of analyzing spectral data can distinguish between different diseases in olive and from drought stress in olive and almond. This technology is now being applied to citrus HLB.

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ACP Map and Management Web Update

October 29, 2021

By Ben A Faber

An Interactive Website for Asian Citrus Psyllid Management Growers Commercial Citrus How will the citrus grower manage the pest and disease in commercial groves? The deadly huanglongbing (HLB) is spreading in California and threatens commercial citrus production.

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CA Avocado Society Annual Meeting

October 29, 2021

By Ben A Faber

See what happened this year at the Annual Meeting held October, 2021. Had to be there, and now you can: CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY PO Box 4205 Ventura, CA 93007 admin@californiaavocadosociety.

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Citrus Explained

October 25, 2021

Talon, M.; Caruso, M.; Gmitter Jr., F.G. eds. 2020. The Genus Citrus. Woodhead Publishing. 538 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-812163-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0- 02375-6 Information overload is a signature dilemma of our age.

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