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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

Oriental fruit fly adult male and female.

Mt. Diablo Region Crops: Article

Why is Oriental Fruit Fly a threat to Contra Costa and California Crops?

September 19, 2023

By Kamyar Aram

(Este post est disponible en espaol) In early September 2023, nearly the entire growing area around the city of Brentwood was put under a quarantine by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) (see current included area).

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Green feather-like leaves and white flat, clusters of flowers.

Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Poisonous Plants in the Landscape

September 19, 2023

By Lauren Fordyce

Plentiful rainfall in California this spring created an ideal environment for many plants to thrive, including wildflowers, trees, and shrubs that desperately needed the water. However, other potentially harmful species also benefited from the unusually wet weather.

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Lake County: Article

APRIL 2023 NORTH COAST ORCHARD NOTES

September 19, 2023

2023 LAKE COUNTY WALNUT UPDATE Meeting Registration Link https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.

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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 09-18-2023

September 19, 2023

Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How to Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 09-18-2023" ET Report 09-18-2023 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

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UC Cooperative Extension Imperial County: Article

Save The Date - 34th Annual Fall Desert Crops Workshop

September 19, 2023

Attached you will find the "Save The Date" for our Annual Fall Desert Crops Workshop.

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Garden Notes: Article

Nurturing Agriculture and Communities: The San Joaquin UC Cooperative Extension

September 19, 2023

By Marceline D Sousa

California's San Joaquin Valley, often referred to as the nation's salad bowl, is a cradle of agricultural abundance. This region, with its fertile soil and temperate climate, has been instrumental in feeding not only the state but also the nation and beyond.

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Wait, is that a Monarch Butterfly?

September 19, 2023

Butterflies have such an elegant presence as they quietly glide and flit about the garden. Butterflies are beautiful creatures, but I learned that they are also valuable pollinators to the ecology, hunters for many unwanted pests and are important prey in the food chain.

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A western yellowjacket, Vespula pensylvanica, peers at the photographer. It is on a Myoporum at Bodega Bay. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Portrait of a Yellowjacket

September 18, 2023

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Who takes images of yellowjackets? What, nobody? I don't usually photograph yellowjackets because (1) I prefer to take images of their cousins, the honey bees and (2) yellowjackets are always moving. By the time I observe one, and raise the camera, the insect is long gone.

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