Topics in Subtropics

Topics in Subtropics Blog

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Deconstructing Plant and Soil Myths

January 13, 2020

Washington State University and UCCE - Ventura County, respectively Horticultural myths, found extensively in print and online resources, are passed along by uninformed gardeners, nursery staff, and landscape professionals.

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Weed Management in Citrus Orchards

January 10, 2020

Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside Proper weed management is important for several reason, but in general younger orchards are much more susceptible to the negative impacts of weed overgrowth.

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Fresh Market Raspberry in California

January 9, 2020

Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, UC Riverside Raspberry (Rubus spp.) is an important crop for California, where it is among the top 20 commodities with an average annual value of $448 million from 2015 to 2017 (CDFA: California Agricultural Statistics Review 2017-2018).

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Invasive grasses exacerbate wildfire at regional scales: we need regional efforts to manage them

January 8, 2020

New research published in PNAS (Fusco et al 2019) highlights the role of invasive grasses in creating new wildfire regimes at not just local but regional scales.

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Leveraging the Genomic Landscape of Avocado for Breeding Purposes

January 7, 2020

Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside Advances in molecular tools already have led to the development of large numbers of genetic markers distributed across the avocado genome.

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