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Nick Sakovich, Emeritus Farm Advisor Dry Root Rot has menaced growers in Ventura County for many years. In the 50's and 60's it seemed most prevalent on older orange trees. A few years after the wet winter of 1968-69, dry root rot became an increasing problem among citrus trees of all ages.

Newly Improved Thrips Key The online Lucid Key, Thrips of California (https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/thrips_of_california/Thrips_of_California.

UC Riverside is testing whether a sesame seed-sized wasp can control a pest that could seriously damage California crops including wine, walnuts, and avocados. The pest, a sap-sucking spotted lantern fly, is originally from China and was first detected five years ago in Pennsylvania.

The California Master Beekeeper Program (CAMBP), directed by Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the University of California-Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, is hosting two short courses in early August: one on Planning Ahead for Your First Hives and the other, Working Your Col...

According to the latest USDA Foreign Agricultural Service GAIN Report (Global Agricultural Information Network), the European Union is still a major citrus producing area. EU citrus production is concentrated in the Mediterranean region.