Topics in Subtropics

Topics in Subtropics Blog

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Avocado as Gary Bender Knows Them

October 21, 2015

By Ben A Faber

Gary Bender was a farm advisor in San Diego, who is still there but is now retired. He still knows his avocados and compiled his knowledge into a handbook that is online and available to all for immortality.or as long as the internet survives.

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Polyphagous and Kuroshio Shot Hole Borers

October 19, 2015

FUSARIUM DIEBACK AND POLYPHAGOUS SHOT HOLE BORER ON AVOCADO Akif Eskalen1, Richard Stouthamer2 1Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, UC Riverside 2Department of Entomology, UC Riverside BACKROUND Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), Euwallacea sp. (#1) (Fig.

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Leaffooted Bugs are Here and Will Leave with Rain?

October 16, 2015

By Ben A Faber

Our friend Jane Delahoyde has been finding new things on citrus. She first found leaffooted bug on lemons in late September and now has found it on mandarin.

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Organic Herbicides: do they work?

October 15, 2015

In recent years, several organic herbicide products have appeared on the market.

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Another Drought Hiker?

October 9, 2015

By Ben A Faber

Just when you thought you had seen as much citrus infestation as you were likely to seek, in comes Jane Delahoyde, a Pest Control Advisor in Ventura with some lace bugs on lemons. Lace bugs are pretty specific to a host species.

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