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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

Group of students in the California Naturalist class standing on a hillside discussing

New wave of California Naturalists emerge from course at Hopland REC

April 27, 2022

By Madison Sankovitz

Thirty-eight young, budding naturalists sit in a meadow while journaling and sketching their observations of the wildflowers and birds around them.

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Tehama County: Article

May 2022 SVR ALMOND Newsletter -Vol #5

April 27, 2022

IN THIS ISSUE Almond Management Considerations: Spring & Early Summer Fertilizing Almonds after a Frost Irrigating Freeze Damaged Almonds in a Drought New Staff WELCOME...

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Look Closely in Your Trees

April 27, 2022

By Ben A Faber

Bolas Spiders - Little Gauchos with an Appetite for Moths When UC Santa Barbara's soccer team scores a goal, a chorus of Ol! Ol, ol, ol! Gauchos! Gauchos! may ring out across the stadium.

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Catalina Conservancy Native Plants. Listen now. Garden later.

April 26, 2022

Over 85 species of container stock and over 2000 seed collections that represent 243 species are grown/housed at the nursery. All the projects conducted at the nursery are controlled under protocols strict enough to avoid negative impact to the special and unique environment of the island.

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Ella Eich proudly displays the pink fly created by Paul Berliner of the Fly Fishers of Davis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Fly Fishers of Davis Make Impact at UC Davis Picnic Day

April 26, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology's exhibits at Briggs Hall during the annual UC Davis Picnic Day wouldn't be complete without the Fly Fishers of Davis.

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Just Do It!

April 26, 2022

I have always liked Gala apples - sweet tart and crunchy. An old school pal in a cooler zone has 2 established Galas, and every fall they are loaded with beautiful pink blushed fruit. The owner of a local nursery assured me that galas would do fine in USDA Zone 9b.

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Stanislaus County: Article

The Scoop on Fruits and Nuts - April 2022 - Issue 27.2

April 26, 2022

In this issue: Irrigating with a Limited Water Supply Research Update: Hemiptra "True Bugs" in Almond Orchards Nitrogen Management in Walnuts Announcements...

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