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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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Ants OnLine

October 28, 2022
By Ben A Faber
You wanted to see where all those ants are coming from? Well here is the site to see what ants are where with their descriptions and images. The ant fauna of California comprises 8 subfamilies, 44 genera and approximately 300 species (of which 30 are introduced).
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Citrus Fungicides

October 26, 2022
By Ben A Faber
The UC ANR Integrated Pest Management website for citrus along with many deciduous tree crops has been updated for fungicides. Specifically there's a listing of citrus fungicides and their efficacy.
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Spanish HLB?

October 24, 2022
By Ben A Faber
LIFE Vida for Citrus es un proyecto europeo que nace con el propsito de proteger al sector de los ctricos desarrollando plantas resistentes a la enfermedad, y con la idea de implantar prcticas culturales respetuosas con el medio ambiente que limiten el desarrollo del vector transmisor de la enfermed...
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Tree Crop Herbicides

October 21, 2022
Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.
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