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- 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

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Assessment of water storage for management of California’s oak woodlands

Summary: Oak woodlands are one of the most biologically diverse habitats in California, spread across ten percent of the state. They are also increasingly stressed in a warming and drying climate.

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Assessing health impacts of impaired water quality in California

Summary: Access to safe drinking water for communities across California is a growing challenge. In addition, little is known about the scope of waterborne disease across the state.

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Groundwater regulation and land fallowing: How does water scarcity impact land use?

Summary: Limitations on agricultural groundwater pumping will be critical to reaching groundwater sustainability in California and abroad. However, land fallowing will be harmful to the farm economy and could threaten Californias position as the nations leading agricultural state.

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Precision irrigation management for optimizing limited water in young and mature almond orchards

Summary: Almonds are currently the largest irrigated crop in California with over 1.2 million acres.

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Determining the effect of pricing structure on urban water demand

Summary: Public utilities in arid regions struggle to balance supply and demand of water resources both in the short-term and long-term.

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Towards a mechanistic understanding of the multi-scale effects of drought on riverine biodiversity

Summary: Intermittent streams comprise more than half of the global river network. However, how biodiversity persists in these ecosystems is still largely unknown.

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Estimating hydraulic conductivity in glacial aquifers

Summary: Estimating how easily groundwater flows through different aquifers is critical for groundwater management but is difficult to measure. We use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) logging to measure properties of the subsurface that are related to groundwater flow.

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CSA Research, Resources & Tools

Resources Case Studies Zuppan Dairy Renati Dairy T Double R Farms Videos Climate Smart Ag: Episode 1 Climate Smart Ag: Episode 2 Climate Smart Ag: Episode 4 The Soil Solution to Climate Change: Articles Cover Crop Study: "Results suggest that processing tomato and almond growers can adopt winter cov...

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CDFA Climate Smart Agriculture Programs

The University of California Cooperative Extension is pleased to partner with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to provide technical assistance in applying for the Climate Smart Agriculture Incentives Programs.

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