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Avocado Disease on High

February 22, 2019
By Ben A Faber
And maybe a lot of other problems like Shot Hole Borer-Fusarium Dieback in Avocado and other California tree species and maybe Huanglongbing in citrus. GAINESVILLE, Fla.
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Nitrogen Management Plans to Meet Water Quality Standards

February 19, 2019
We are now just over halfway through the third term of the Conditional Waiver, adopted in April 2016 and set to expire in April 2021. Each new term builds upon the last, and adds new requirements aimed at improving water quality and advancing progress towards meeting regulatory standards.
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Lovatt - gibb spray CAC Grower Education Feb 5-7 2019 Handout GA3 to increase yield

Frosted Flowers? Still Time to Gibb

February 18, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Avocados in some parts of coastal California have been blooming. Some of them got hit by the cold weather in the first part of February. In the coldest areas there was a little bit of new leaf damage, but this has been minimal.
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