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Citrus Meetings

June 19, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Growers Seminar Continuing Education Units Continuing Education (CE) Units have been applied for through the California Department of Pesticide Regulation for license categories PCA, QAL, QAC and Private Applicators.
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Which Way Weeds?

June 18, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Management of Weeds in Citrus Orchards A One Hour Webinar June 19, 2019 from 3-4pm) Dr.
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Replant Vicissitudes

June 17, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Replanting Trees in Mature Citrus Groves By Craig Kallsen, UC Cooperative Extension Advisor, Kern County While citrus groves are long-lived, the individual trees that compose the grove are not necessarily so.
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Which Way Weather?

June 14, 2019
By Ben A Faber
In 2018 the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy (OVLC) accepted a grant from the Resources Legacy Fund on behalf of Watershed Coalition of Ventura County (WCVC) for a study of projected climate changes in Ventura County. OVLC contracted with Drs.
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Those Other Citrus Diseases

June 12, 2019
By Ben A Faber
The So-Called Leaf Fleck Virus Diseases of Citrus Robert R Krueger, USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus & Dates Riverside, California Huanglongbing has recently emerged as an existential threat to California citrus production.
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