Topics in Subtropics

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A High Tunnel in Your Future?

October 26, 2018

By Ben A Faber

DAVIS, Calif. For Scrivner Hoppe-Glosser, a small farmer in Pleasant Grove, Calif., he can't help but beam at the newest thing to pop up in his farm field.

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UC Ag Experts Talk - Avocado

October 24, 2018

By Ben A Faber

Following the recent webinar on Citrus Thrips presented by Beth Grafton-Cardwell, a second webinar on Avocado Diseases will be offered in November. Check out the Thrips webinar and if interested enroll in the avocado one. https://ucanr.

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Soil Mapping is Fun

October 22, 2018

By Ben A Faber

WASHINGTON USDA has re-designed its Soil Tools webpage, to now serve as a one-stop source for new, leading-edge tools and technologies to help farmers, ranchers, and other land users understand, evaluate and conserve soils.

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ACP Control Soon?

October 19, 2018

VISALIA Last week's California Citrus Conference marked a major milestone for growers, and it wasn't just the 50th anniversary of the Visalia-based Citrus Research Board (CRB).

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Cover Avocado in Southern California - Wilson Popenoe

Avocado in Southern California - 1911

October 17, 2018

By Ben A Faber

In 1911, the avocado was a relatively new crop in Southern California and the great USDA plant explorer Wilson Popenoe (pronounced POP e Noe according to Jack Shepherd), describes avocado culture and its problems https://www.biodiversitylibrary.

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