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(Espaol abajo) Registration is now open for Spring 2018 Pesticide Safety Instructor Training workshops UC IPM is partnering with AgSafe to offer up-to-date instructor training programs that are approved and partly funded by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR).

HLB confirmations The number of trees in Southern California confirmed to be infected with HLB has risen to 347, distributed across 16 communities in four counties. So far, all are in residential plantings, not in commercial groves.

No rain for several years may have let citrus growers think that brown rot control is not important. But it still is and it's just coming out after a few inches of rain earlier this January.

Please join us for the 7th Annual Citrus Field Day, designed for citrus growers and citrus industry representatives. Pending approval, we will be offering 5.0 hours of California Continuing Education Credit for Pest Control Advisers (PCA).

Presented by California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension Download all year PDF here. Speakers: Mark Hoddle: Extension Specialist in Biological Control at University of California, Riverside Avocado pests currently here.