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Whas Up in Subtropics?

November 1, 2017
By Ben A Faber
There's a new Topics in Subtropics Newsletter available: Ah, Rats! ? So You Want To Install Soil Moisture Meters? ? Notes on Applying Gibberellic Acid (GA) to Navels in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California ? Fall Leaf Tissue Sampling ?
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Black Scale on my Avocado?

October 30, 2017
By Ben A Faber
We live in unusual times and every year is different, so we are bound to see things that are different, or see things differently. Recently a pest control advisor brought in a sample of what looked like black scale (Saissetia oleae) on the stems of avocado fruit.
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Photo 2 Reg Barrett- UC Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management

Wild Pig Management in Citrus

October 25, 2017
By Niamh M Quinn, Sonia I Rios
Wild pigs currently exist in 56 of California's 58 counties and can be found in a variety of habitats ranging from woodland, chaparral, meadow, grasslands and in agriculture cropping systems.
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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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