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Pest Notes
- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

Ettmarie Peterson, known as "The Queen Bee of Sonoma County," stands by her bee observation hive at the Vacaville Museum Guild's Children's Party. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

They Quickly Learned What All the Buzz Was About

August 12, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

They quickly learned what all the buzz was about. The bees.

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A dozen tomatoes lined up around an old-fashioned scale.

The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Seed Saving Workshop - Totally Tomatoes on August 24

August 12, 2024

By Anne E Schellman

In case you missed it, we are holding a seed saving workshop. Did you know? Not all saved tomato seeds will produce the same tomato you ate! Find out why and learn the method of how to save them in this informative and hands-on workshop. You'll take home seeds to save and a copy of the presentation.

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Asesores de UC ANR en distintas disciplinas participaron en una visitan a San Pasqualo Valley Soil.

Nuestra Comunidad: Article

Asesores de UC ANR exploran técnicas de compostaje en San Pasqual Valley Soil

August 12, 2024

By Diana Cervantes

Recientemente, un grupo de asesores del Departamento de Agricultura y Recursos Humanos de la Universidad de California realizó una visita a San Pasqual Valley Soil, ubicado en Escondido, California.

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UCCE Lassen County: Article

August 2024

August 12, 2024

Hello All, Here's your August 2024 issue of the 4-H Roundup newsletter.

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Two middle aged women stand in front of a crowd of seated children, teaching them about food.

ANR Employee News: Article

Farm Bureau of Ventura County Invests in our Youth and the UC 4-H Youth Development Program

August 12, 2024

By Saoimanu Sope

When 4-H in Ventura County sought to raise funds that would help it meet the needs of local youth now and in the future, the community responded with tremendous generosity.

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Employee Comment: Proposed Presidential Policy – Externally Supplied Medications in UC Outpatient and Clinic Settings

August 12, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The University of California Office of the President invites comments on a proposed Presidential Policy Use of Externally Supplied Medications in UC Outpatient and Clinic Settings.

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The reverse side of a cucumber leave covered in aphids and their excretions.

The Backyard Gardener: Article

2024: A Year of Disease and Pestilence

August 12, 2024

This year I was determined to create the model garden that I have long dreamed about, but those dreams of neat, weed-free rows of vegetables, trees hanging with fruit, and armfuls of flowers are far from being fulfilled.

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HOrT COCO-UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa: Article

Spiders: Friends Not Foes

August 12, 2024

By Help Desk Team

This time of year, as the heat increases and things start to get dusty, you might see a number of webs on your plants. Uh oh.

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Black Streak can occur on trunks oro branches as small, scattered cankers. The name cones from the balckening that occurs around the infected area.

Topics in Subtropics: Article

Avocado Cankers

August 12, 2024

By Ben A Faber

Avocado Trunk Cankers This has been a low rainfall year, and often with the low rainfall, cankers will seem to suddenly appear on the woody parts of the tree. There are a number of causes for the white exudate from cankers on the trunk and limbs of avocado.

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