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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

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Nominations for WEDA excellence and DEI awards due March 1

February 11, 2022

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Two award opportunities are available this year through the Western Extension Directors Association (WEDA) and one from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

UCR Hunt for HLB Resistance

February 11, 2022

By Ben A Faber

Jules Bernstein, UCR A $1.5 million emergency grant is enabling UC Riverside scientists to find plants impervious to a disease threatening America's citrus fruit supply. Citrus Greening Disease also known as Huanglongbing, or HLB results in fruit that is bitter and worthless.

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The Real Dirt: Article

Yellow-Billed Magpie

February 11, 2022

Magpies are amazing birds! They are strikingly handsome, intelligent, and bold. They build nests with domed roofs and side entrances and decorate these homes with the bright shiny objects they collect. They hold funeral services for their dead. They can mimic human speech.

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Article

Pruning in The Orchard

February 10, 2022

A properly pruned tree produces better fruit and is easier to manage because it is kept to a manageable size. There are lots of things one can learn about pruning and lots of resources available to learn from.

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Livestock & Range: Article

Annual Meeting on Irrigation and Nutrient Management

February 10, 2022

By Devii R Rao

Join UCCE for the 2022 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting Wednesday, February 23, 2022 Register to join us for this webinar: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.

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Managing Weeds in Grasslands and Rangelands 2021 event cover

Managing Weeds in Grasslands and Rangelands (2021) online event recordings

February 10, 2022

By Gale Perez

If you missed the Managing Weeds in Grasslands and Rangelands 2021 online event (Oct. 19, 2021 9 AM-12 noon PST), you're in luck. We have the recordings of each presentation here.

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Monarchs overwintering in the Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, in 2016. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Guess Who's Back?

February 10, 2022

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

"Guess who's back?" butterfly guru Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, asked in his "posse" email today. "Guess, who's back?" has nothing to do with the catchphrases uttered by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jack Nicholson.

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Cracked and leaking hose. photos by Janet Snyder

Under the Solano Sun: Article

TLC for Your Sprinkler System

February 10, 2022

We are now about halfway through winter, yet here in California, signs of spring are well underway. Trees are blossoming, daffodils have bloomed, the days are getting longer (I was working in my yard tonight until 6 pm).

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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article