- Author: Jasmin Del Toro
On August 25, Lindcove Research Center hosted the first field event of year 2021! A field day was dedicated to discussing information on citrus thrips biology, damage, and management options available. Event kicked off by asking questions to the 42 participants about their pest management needs. Dr. Sandipa Gautam talked about citrus thrips biology and fruit scarring damage on different citrus varieties. Data on citrus thrips resistance to Delegate showed that resistance in San Joaquin Valley populations of citrus thrips is increasing and this is confirmed by PCA and grower observations. This year seemed to be a problem year for citrus thrips, with growers spraying up to five times to control thrips. Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell discussed...
- Author: Pamela Kan-Rice
Applications for the director of Lindcove Research and Extension Center are still being accepted with a closing date of April 24.
The position is open to all ANR academics including Agricultural Experiment Station faculty.
“We are extending the deadline because of COVID-19 related issues,” said Mark Lagrimini, vice provost for research and extension.
Candidates should submit their CV and Letter of Interest to Joan Warren at jtwarren@ucanr.edu no later than April 24, 2020. Letters should highlight how your passion, skills and past experiences will contribute to the future success of Lindcove REC. Applications will be...
UC ANR leadership is proud of its outstanding network of nine Research and Extension Centers across the state. Including academic salaries and temporary funding, UC ANR invests close to $14 million annually in the REC system. We are committed to continuing to make an investment of this magnitude, recognizing the importance of each individual REC, and the REC system to our research and extension missions.
A freeze on state operations and maintenance funding since 2006, and a virtual absence of deferred maintenance funds, necessitates a close look at how the annual investment is used so as to position the RECs for a long, successful future. UC ANR leadership is taking the long view to its programmatic collaboration and...
- Author: Roberta Barton
- Contact: Elizabeth E Grafton-Cardwell
High schools are looking for business and community partners that can provide "linked learning" opportunities to students as they prepare for college and careers. Lindcove REC recently engaged freshmen students from Woodlake High School Ag Academy in a full morning of hands-on, experiential learning that linked them to real-world ag science research and ag mechanics. Ag science students participated in an experiment to determine the best pesticide treatment for citricola scale. Ag mechanics students learned about irrigation, how the fruit grading system on the packline functions and they learned about shop tools. The outreach was well-received by both the teachers and the students...
- Author: Alison L Kent
Lindcove REC hosted a citrus tasting event and tour of the facility in mid-December. Included in the tour was the Compac and Taste Tech fruit grading system on the packline, which allows a large amount of citrus to be graded and evaluated quickly and very accurately. This is very important for researchers, who want to know how the treatments applied in the field studies have affected fruit number and fruit quality. Fruit is unloaded one tree at a time onto the line and each piece of fruit passes through three sets of light systems, is photographed by multiple cameras that collect data and is weighed. The cameras takes 30...