Topics in Subtropics

Topics in Subtropics Blog

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Which Way Mulch in Ag?

January 31, 2017

By Ben A Faber

7:00 A.M. Check In and Breakfast Buffet 8:00 A.M. Welcome 8:10 A.M. Opening Keynote - Our Organic Resources Evan Johnson, Science and Policy Advisor, CalRecycle 8:30 A.M. The Agricultural Perspective Moderator: Ben Faber, Ph.D.

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Problems with vermin, coyotes and birds in your grove or specialty crops? Vertebrate Pest Conference Seminar Series Coming Soon!

January 30, 2017

By Sonia I Rios

The Vertebrate Pest Council, with assistance from the Pesticide Applicators Professional Association, will be hosting a series of seminars throughout the state starting in late February. These seminars will be focused entirely on human-wildlife conflict issues.

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Soil Health Websites

January 13, 2017

By Ben A Faber

A recent website just posted hopes to make research papers available to the general public. Many times these papers are locked away in archives or libraries and are hard to access. This website wants to change that.

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Huanglongbing Detected in Cerritos, Los Angeles County

January 4, 2017

By Ben A Faber

[News release from the Citrus Pest & Disease Prevention Program] An intensive risk survey in Cerritos, Los Angeles County, resulted in the discovery of Huanglongbing in a single orange tree.

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California Testing Finds Little or No Pesticide Residues on Most Fruits and Vegetables in 2015

January 4, 2017

By Ben A Faber

Out of 3,600 samples of 145 fresh fruits and vegetables tested in California in 2015, just 43 had pesticide residue over legal limits, and 113 contained residue of a pesticide not approved for that commodity.

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