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You can subscribe to this  blog with multiple entries per week reflecting what's happening with subtropical crops and upcoming educational events.  Just click on the "Subscribe" button just to the right of this paragraph.  There's also our seasonal quarterly Topics in Subtropics newsletter found at our Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, San Diego, Tulare and Kern Counties Cooperative Extension websites.
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Grants to Improve Irrigation and Soils

January 17, 2024
By Ben A Faber
VCRCD is now accepting applications for SWEEP & HSP Block Grant Programs! It's finally here!!! Agricultural operations can receive up to $200,000 for approved practices.
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insect egg on citrus leaf

Invasive Species and Climate Change

January 16, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Please join us for the INAUGURAL International Invasive Species and Climate Change Conference (IISCCC) organized by the Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Network on January 30 and 31, 2024.
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NEW HLB Research at UCR

January 12, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Three projects win funding to fight tree-killing bacteria AUTHOR:JULES BERNSTEIN, UCR With three new grants totaling more than $11 million, UC Riverside is helping lead the fight against citrus greening or Huanglongbing, a disease threatening citrus industries in the U.S. and worldwide.
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peach dead from armillaria

Controlling Oak Root Fungus

January 10, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Armillaria mellea is the pathogen that causes root rot of many forest and ornamental and agronomic trees. The pathogen occurs in landscapes and urban soils as well as a natural pathogen in forests and on lands converted to farming.
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