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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.
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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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A Great Bee Guy Dies

June 10, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Dr. Robbin Thorp: 1933-2019 Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey Published on: June 7, 2019 Dr. Robbin Thorp was the world authority on Franklin's bumble bee, pictured on his computer screen. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Dr.
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The Skinny on Avocado Pests and Diseases

June 10, 2019
By Ben A Faber
"A Field Day with Avocado Pest and Disease" was a program sponsored by: CA Avocado Society CA Avocado Commission University of CA Coop Extension And these are the handouts to highlight the talks given by: Jim Davis, Jane Delahoyde, Ben Faber, Enrico Ferro, Gabe Filipe, Anna Howell, Patricia Manosalv...
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Earwigs are Good?

June 7, 2019
By Ben A Faber
It seems the humble earwig that can cause so much damage in citrus orchards in some years on some small trees can be a great boon in biocontrol. Read on: By Seth Truscott,College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences https://news.wsu.
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CDFA Grant Help

June 7, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Introducing your new information source for CDFA grants, Kern County and Ventura County Shulamit Shroder and Alli Rowe are two of the newest members to UC Cooperative Extension. Shulamit is based out of Kern County and serves Kern, Tulare, and King Counties.
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