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Caught with Your Water Down Another type of disorder which arises presumably from water stress is one of the fruit pedicel (stem) termed ring-neck. This disorder was first described afflicting the Fuerte variety by J. Elliot Coit in 1928.

What is allelopathy? Allelopathy literally means death to others. In its simplest sense, allelopathy is the ability of one plant species to affect the growth of another through their chemical exudates.

What Are the UC Ag Experts Talking About? For 2023 Event NameDate UC Ag Experts Talk: Vegetable IPM in the Sacramento Valley 2/22/2023 UC Ag Experts Talk: Insects in the Vineyard 4/19/2023 UC Ag Experts Talk: Flatheaded borer concerns in California walnuts 5/31/2023 What is involved in the webinars?

New Educational Materials: Commercial HLB Detection Response Guide Statewide To ensure California citrus growers are well prepared in the event of a potential commercial grove detection of Huanglongbing (HLB), the deadly citrus plant disease that can be spread by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), the...

Dr. Roger Baldwin, Cooperative Extension Specialist in Human-Wildlife Conflict Resolution in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at UC Davis, discussed the management of voles, rats, and mice in agricultural fields with a particular emphasis on an IPM approach.