Topics in Subtropics

Pedro Sanchez recently died and his death reminds of two great soil text books - his Properties and Management of Soils in the Tropics, and Singer and Munns, Soils and Introduction. Both texts integrate the compexity of soils into chapters that are highly readable and show how seemingly different parts of…

Browse the UC ANR publications through the open-access eScholarship library.  Try the link here to the query “organic amendments” that is typed into the question rectangle in the top, right of the page. https://escholarship.org/search?q=organic+amendments&searchType=eScholarship&searchUnitType=series

Irrigation efficiency can not be improved unless distribution uniformity of the system is designed appropriately and maintained, especially in low-pressure microirrigation systems which tend to degrade rapidly

UC ANR Produce Safety Training SessionsThe University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources is offering reduced-cost Produce Safety Alliance Grower Trainings. The sessions take place virtually and are just $10 for California residents. California growers should be certain to select the California…

Cover crops can be broadly defined as any non-cash crop grown in addition to the primary cash crop.  They have the potential to increase soil organic matter (SOM), protect the soil from erosion, improve soil structure and water infiltration, increase soil fertility, and break pest and disease cycles. …