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Phytoplasma disease palm

Phytoplasma Diseases in Palm?

July 22, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Phytoplasma Diseases of Palms in the USA Robert R Krueger1 and Brian W Bahder2 1USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus & Date, Riverside, CA 2Dept of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center, Davie, FL Phytoplasmas are plant pathoge...
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Watch Out for Fruit Flies

July 18, 2024
By Ben A Faber
California inundated with invasive fruit flies Bodil Cass Extension Subtropics Entomologist, Dept of Entomology, UCR California is experiencing an unusually high number of invasive fruit fly infestations.
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A Strawberry FaeireTale

July 17, 2024
The way the strawberry industry grows plants really makes them a subtropical plant. The industry is located along the coast from Monterrey to San Diego, with the bulk around Salinas, Santa Maria and Oxnard. Oleg Daugovish looks after this industry from our office in Ventura.
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Estimating Avocado Water Requirement

July 15, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Satellite-based irrigation tools to manage irrigation water more precisely in avocado groves Ali Montazar, UCCE Irrigation and Water Management Advisor in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties The water requirement of a crop must be satisfied to achieve optimum potential yields.
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