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Stan Lim/UC Riverside German Rafael Villalba-Salazar, nursery technician, harvesting budwood from mother citrus trees at the UC Citrus Clonal Protection Program facility.

Black Fig Fly (Diptera: Lonchaeidae: Silba adipata) Invasive Fig Pest Recently Discovered in Southern California Click Here to Download the "Pest Alert" PDF Overview Fig growers need to be aware of the black fig fly (BFF), an invasive insect that was recently discovered infesting figs in multiple co...

Coming to citrus orchards? An ongoing study in hazelnut orchards offers possible electric weed control (EWC) solutions for other tree nut orchards, especially in light of increasing herbicide resistance.

There's a lot of new trees going into the ground, both citrus and avocado. Especially avocados are getting tucked into lots of little corners. There's money to be made and maybe there will be in the future.

Community Education Specialist A Fresh Soil Health Resource https://soillife.org/ In 2015, a group of graduate students at the University of California, Davis attended a hearing on California's Healthy Soils Initiative.