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Black streak disease in avocado can be managed with irrigation as described in the IPM Year Round Program

Year Round IPM Guides

February 8, 2013
By Ben A Faber
SKIP TO CONTENT PRINT Guided tour of the year-round IPM programs for field, orchard, and vineyard crops. (Detailed outlinewith links to examples) Introduction (3 min) Prevention (3 min) Pest identification (4.5 min) Monitoring (5 min) Management decisions (6 min) Management methods (6.
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Asian Citrus Psyllid

September 13, 2012
Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing Trying to stay abreast of the insect and disease it carries to citrus?
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iron dieback citrus

New, Yellow Leaf Flush?

August 15, 2012
Lime-induced Iron Chlorosis: a nutritional challenge in the culture of several subtropical perennial crops in California Elizabeth Fichtner, UCCE Tulare County and Rachel Elkins, UCCE Lake and Mendocino Counties Spring, and new leaves are coming out, but this could, but yellow could be a sign of iro...
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Invasive Ambrosia Beetle/Fusarium Complex

August 3, 2012
By Ben A Faber
Invasive Ambrosia Beetle/Fusarium Complex A Public Meeting You are invited to attend a public meeting about the invasive ambrosia beetle/Fusarium complex that are threatening avocado, oak, sycamore, persimmon, and box elder trees in California.
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Simazine degradation in California citrus orchards

July 18, 2012
By Brad Hanson
Today I thought I'd share a recent research report on the the phenomenon of "enhanced" degradation of the herbicide simazine in citrus orchard soils. Click here for a link to the publication in the open-source journal, Air, Soil, and Water Research (Abit et al. 2012.
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