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Speakers: Dr. Mary Lu Arpaia: CE Subtropical Horticulture Specialist, UCR. Eric Focht: Staff Research Associate at the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR Rodrigo Iturrieta Espinoza: Junior Specialist at the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR Dr.

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), through its Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program, has developed a mobile-friendly, Spanish-language training video. It's for use by field crew supervisors and farm labor contractors prior to harvest.

A Solution for the devastating bacteria causing citrus huanglongbing? UC Riverside scientists have found the first substance capable of controlling Citrus Greening Disease, which has devastated citrus farms in Florida and also threatens California. Oranges afflicted with Citrus Greening Disease.

There is culture in agriculture. Mary Lu Arpaia says she spent hours looking at the avocado pictures, along with those of other fruit crops.

Why are avocado roots coarse, but dense, while grass roots are a fine mat? It has long been one of the best kept secrets in the underground world: what determines the variation in form and function of plant roots?