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Tree Crops

Principle Investigator: Jim Adaskaveg Affiliation: UC Riverside Contact: jim.adaskaveg@ucr.
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Our History

Turn-of-the-century origins UC has supported off-campus research sites for more than a century. In the 1880s, UC Berkeley professor Eugene Hilgard established a 20-acre field station southeast of Tulare for variety tests and work on the reclamation of alkali soils.
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Vine Crops

Principal Investigator: Kent Daane Affiliation: UC Berkeley Contact:kdaane@ucanr.edu Table, raisin and wine grapes constitute one of the most important and widespread commodity blocks in California agriculture. Control of insect, mite and spider pests pose a considerable cost to vineyard growers.
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Post Harvest: Greenhouse

Principal Investigator: Kent Daane Affiliation: UC Berkeley Contact: kdaane@ucanr.edu Spotted wing Drosophila has continued to be a difficult invasive pest to control without the use of broad-spectrum materials.
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Extension, Outreach & Education

KARE is uniquely positioned to support extension of UCs research-based information to farmers and members of the public because of its locations, facilities and associated personnel. There are research orchards and vineyards on-site as well nearby commercial plantings of the key specialty crops.
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Extension

Kearney's mission is to provide state-of-the-science research and educational programs to promote sustainability of California's $24.5 billion agriculture industry, and to enhance the quality of the rural environment.
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Field Days, Workshops, and Programs

Tours of the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center are scheduled and directed by center staff. Tours are usually between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Alternative schedules may be accommodated on a case-by-case basis.
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Weather, Physical & Biological Data

The current weather conditions ar Kearney Research and Extension Center are shown below. These readings are taken from a Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 wireless weatherstation that was donated to the center from Dr. Peter Larbi.
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