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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

Food Blog: Article

Increasing temperatures led to better-tasting wine grapes, but for how long?

October 4, 2021

By Michael Hsu

Study shows sugar, color content should be watched Warming temperatures over the past 60 years have led to increased wine quality, but a new study looking at sugar and color content in grapes indicates the industry may be facing trouble if trends continue, according to collaborative research out of...

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News from UC ANR South Coast REC and Beyond: Article

New Course: Learn How to Identify Herbicide Damage

October 4, 2021

By Tamara J Majcherek

New online course on diagnosing herbicide injury now available Petr Kosina, UC Statewide IPM Program A brand-new online course on Diagnosing Herbicide Injury focusing on how an herbicide injury situation can arise, what information can help diagnose symptoms during field investigations, and what too...

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Senior Latina woman working in garden setting smiling holding garden trimmings

Hispanic Heritage Month: Collaborative Spanish Project Grant Awarded

October 4, 2021

By Lauren L Snowden

The majority of resources offered through the UC Master Gardener Program are only available in English, so when an internalUC Agriculture and Natural Resource (UC ANR) grant arose to develop online educational resource materials in other languages it was the perfect opportunity to expand its gardeni...

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

End of Summer Miku

October 4, 2021

Summer gardens done Fall/winter planting can begin How about some rain...

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The Backyard Gardener: Article

Harvesting and Storing Onions from the Garden

October 4, 2021

Onions compete as one of the most versatile vegetables on earth, and are found in basically every cuisine. Growing onions and choosing the correct varieties is an art. Harvesting and storing onions also has its own challenges.

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Figure 1. Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica, in flower. Photo by Baldo Villegas, CA Dept. of Food and Agriculture

UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Successful Control of Dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) with Natural Enemies

October 3, 2021

By Gale Perez

Mike Pitcairn is with the California Dept. of Food & Agriculture (mike.pitcairn@cdfa.ca.gov). Lincoln Smith (link.smith@usda.gov) and Patrick Moran (patrick.moran@usda.gov) are with USDA Agricultural Research Service.

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Conservation Agriculture: Article

GOOGLE and The Lexicon of Sustainability visit CASI's NRI Project in Five Points, CA - September 3, 2021

October 3, 2021

By Jeffrey P Mitchell

September 3, 2021 Michiel Bakker, the Vice President for Global Workplace Programs for GOOGLE, along with Douglas Gayeton, the creative leader for The Lexicon of Sustainability (https://www.thelexicon.

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Landscape Horticulture Updates for Southern California: Article

Benefits of Horticulture and Human Interactions

October 2, 2021

By Janet S Hartin

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. Mohandas K. Gandhi, World leader, political ethicist, lawyer Everything that slows us down and forces patience, everything that sets us back into the slow circles of nature, is a help. Gardening is an instrument of grace.

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UC Environmental Stewards Blog: Article

See You Down the Trail, Sarah!

October 1, 2021

This week we say see you down the trail to our Sierra/Central region Community Education Specialist, Sarah Angulo.

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Ecologist and research scientist Maria Silvina Fenoglio (shown here on a green roof) will present a virtual seminar, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, on "Do Green Roofs Benefit Urban Arthropod Communities? Evidence from a South American City," at 4:10 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 6.

Bug Squad: Article

Ecologist from Argentina to Give UC Davis Virtual Seminar on Arthropods and Green Roofs

October 1, 2021

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

A green roof, commonly described as "living roof" or "a vegetative or eco-roof," is an increasingly popular installation on a wide range of buildings.

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