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The green stink bug is the dominant species found in fruit and nut trees; the others are found primarily in vegetables. Stink bug infestations originate when adults fly in from weedy areas.

Synopsis of: The Organic Premium for California Blueberries by Hoy Carmen, professor emeritus in the Agricultural and Resource Economics Dept., UC Davis Commercial-scale production of blueberries in California is a relatively recent development.

The University of California Cooperative Extension conducted an Avocado Pest Management Round Table grower meeting in Fallbrook, CA on September 28, 2017. Approximately 64 growers, industry, Pest Control Advisors, and other stakeholders were present.

Avocado Trunk Cankers 2016/17 was a normal rainfall year in the avocado growing region of California. But this was on top of lots of winters with such low rain amounts that there was not adequate salt leaching. No rain, no leaching.

Recently a grower called up with a beautiful scale that the PCA couldn't identify. I could just marvel at the beauty of it and wondered what in the heck it was. It didn't look like any scale I had seen in the area and others who were queried didn't know either.