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irrigATING CITRUS

Precision Ag? Avocado? Citrus? Cherimoya?

October 23, 2017
By Ben A Faber
My dad always said that if you can learn one good thing from a meeting, it was a good meeting. Here's a webinar that might offer something good to for tree growers. Listen in and make up your mind. Monday, October 30th, 2017 9:00 AM 11:00 AM PDT (Time subject to change) Register Here Dr.
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blaCK HEART POMEGRANATE

That Black Hearted Pomegranate

October 16, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is a specialty crop now grown on more than 10,000 acres in California. Pomegranate production has increased for both fresh market and juice in the last several years, and with this increase, random internally rotted fruit has become more noticed.
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kadota fig

What's More Delicate than an Egg?

October 12, 2017
By Ben A Faber
A fig. A yellow fig. A most delicious 'Kadota' fig. A piece of fruit that falls apart easily and shows every nick, scrape and bump. And it doesn't take much to reduce a fig to something that is not very attractive to a consumer.
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syrphid adult

What is Pollinating that Plant?

October 11, 2017
By Ben A Faber
You always wanted to know what pollinated rambutan, litchi, blueberries and all those other plants dependent on insect pollen movement? O yes, and also what is pollinating avocado? Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants by S.E.
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