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Pruning Small Trees and Shrubs

Pruning is considered by some horticulturists to be both a science and an art. The science is involved in the understanding of plant responses to pruning. The art of pruning ensures that when the work is done, the results are visually pleasing or fulfill some predetermined goals.
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Floriculture & Nursery

The mission of the floriculture and nursery program is to address critical and locally relevant challenges facing the nursery and floriculture industries through research and extension efforts.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Page

Gardening Information for Food and Landscape

Vegetables Some of the information listed here is from the University of California Division of Agriculture online catalog. The catalog contains both free and priced publications on many subjects that you may find useful. Visit anrcatalog.ucdavis.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Page

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Phil A. Phillips is an integrated pest management (IPM) advisor emeritus for the University of California Cooperative Extension and the U.C. IPM Project.
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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Page

UC IPM Online Training

The University of California (UC) Statewide Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program has has created online pesticide training for retail employees at http://ucanr.org/retail.
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GWSS - A Partial Host List

Most common herbaceous hosts Other hosts observed in Ventura County Sunflower Eucalyptus Hollyhock Fruitless mulberry Okra Grape Lambsquarter Avocado Malva Apricot Cotton Peach Corn Privet Cowpeas Birch Chinese elm Most common woody hosts Philodendron Crepemyrtle Hibiscus Peach Citrus Some other hos...
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GWSS Photos

These pictures (except where otherwise noted) are by Phil A. Phillips, Area IPM Specialist Emeritus Ventura County and may be downloaded for your own use. Adult Glassy-winged Sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata, and Egg Mass (left). Photo by Jack Kelly Clark*.
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Publications

The Glassy-winged Sharpshooter - a new threat for California citrus as a potential vector of CVC Coastal California Row Crop IPM - A Review Insect Monitoring Techniques for Row Crops The GWSS - A serious new PD vector for California Vineyards Protecting Vineyards from Pierce's Disease Vectored by th...
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Coastal California Row Crop IPM - A Review

A healthy plant is the baseline defense against insects, mites, nematodes, and pathogens. Chemical applications are just a part of a total system that needs to be managed fwith plant health in mind: other components include irrigation and nutrition.
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