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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.
laurel wilt cycle

Talking Avocado Laurel Wilt

June 27, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Laurel wilt A threat to California's avocado industry Presented by: California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, University of California Cooperative Extension, and University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center.
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fuller rose beetle course

Early Bird Catches the Beetle and Other Topics

June 26, 2019
By Ben A Faber
UC IPM online courses: New Fuller rose beetle course and early-bird pricing Cheryl Reynolds, UC Statewide IPM Program Summer is here, and we're halfway through 2019 already! Why not get jump on finishing up your continuing education units by taking online courses from the UC Statewide IPM Program (U...
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dog survey

Dog Alert for HLB

June 25, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Canines can detect trees infected with the bacterium that causes huanglongbing Research by Dr. Tim Gottwald Article written by Tim Gottwald, Holly Deniston-Sheets and Beth Grafton-Cardwell. Revised June 13, 2019.
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avocado pest sheet

In the Loupe

June 24, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Taking a closer look: the best field hand lens and how to use it a reblog from: https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=28683 Author: Steven A.
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lemons frozen

Valley Lemons?

June 21, 2019
By Ben A Faber
What about Planting Lemons in Kern County? By Craig Kallsen, UC Cooperative Extension Advisor, Kern County Kern County is located at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley of California.
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