Topics in Subtropics

Two non-transgenic genome-edited orange plants — a Hamlin and a Valencia that may resist HLB — have been federally approved and are ready for Florida growers. Nian Wang, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences eminent scholar endowed chair in biotechnology, reported this news in a…

July's Ask-the-Advisor seminar will be in Spanish. See below, or in this link for more details.Wed, Jul 16, 2025 @ 10:00am - 11:00am¡Acompáñenos a un panel de discusión sobre Sanidad Vegetal y Agua de Riego para cultivos de invernadero y vivero!El evento es gratuito y se realizará a través de…

Its out.  Check it out. The Spring edition of Topics in Subtropics quarterly newsletter covering all things subtropical at some point in time.  Bodil Cass, our entomology specialist at UC Riverside is the editor.Editor: Bodil Cass Spring 2025TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE• Bifenthrin application…

But keep moving, and we are. To 555 Airport Way, Suite D in Camarillo, right next to the Ventura County Ag Commissioner.  I’ve been here since 1990 and we’ve moved three times – from the County Government Center with cubicles and we weren’t appreciated for the dirt we tracked in, to a sweet little…

Fire Followers – Plant and PollinatorSoon after the Fall 2024 fires in Ventura County we saw the hills starting to turn green, and dotted with white flowers – calystegia.  This is a common sight after fires in southern California, a land of frequent fires. It looks like bindweed and is called false…