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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

Bug Squad: Article

A Boy, Bugs, a Birthday and the Bohart

October 19, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

A 12-year-old boy from Mesa, Ariz. with a lifelong interest in bugs, got what he wished for last week at the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis. This story is about a boy, bugs, a birthday and the Bohart.

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

Genetic diversity in grass weeds

October 18, 2016

By Gale Perez

Weed management strategies in California are as diverse as the cropping systems grown in it, which cover over 400 commodities and $47 billion in revenue (California agricultural production statistics, 2015).

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Bug Squad: Article

Meet the Researchers and the Three-Cornered Alfalfa Hopper

October 18, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis-based research involving the Grapevine Red Blotch Disease and the three-cornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus, appears prominently in the news this week. It's the cover story of a special focus issue, "Disease Management in the Genomics Era," in the journal Phytopathology.

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Spring into Fall

October 18, 2016

By Ben A Faber

The drought has caused numerous conditions physiological and pathological that I have only seen in text books (see our newsletter article: http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/newsletters/Topics_in_Subtropics63007.pdf). But other phenomena are also occurring.

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CASI’s Mitchell (center) flanked by Gabriele Ludwig, Jenny Nicolau, Spencer Cooper, and Carissa Sauer.(from left to right).

Conservation Agriculture: Article

CASI meets with California Almond Board

October 17, 2016

By Jeffrey P Mitchell

CASI Chair, Jeff Mitchell, participated in an introductory idea exchange meeting on October 11th with seven representatives of the California Almond Board at their headquarters in Modesto, CA.

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Dan Munk (light blue shirt and wide-brimmed hat at left) hosts Steve Vasquez’s TKI Crop Vitality at the long-term NRI Project study site in Five Points, CA

Conservation Agriculture: Article

Fresno Farm Advisor Dan Munk hosts TKI Crop Vitality at NRI Project Field in Five Points

October 17, 2016

By Jeffrey P Mitchell

Veteran UCCE soil, water and cotton Advisor, Dan Munk, of Fresno County, hosted a group of sixteen agronomists who work with the international fertilizer company, TKI Crop Vitality, at the long-term NRI Project study site in Five Points, CA on Friday, October 14th as part of a California tour organi...

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Bug Squad: Article

Architectural Structure of Collapsed Feral Bee Colony Saved for UC Davis Public Display

October 17, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The architectural structure of a collapsed feral honey bee colony in a hollowed-out Eucalyptus tree in a secluded area near the Nut Tree Airport, Vacaville, now has a permanent home: the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis.

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IGIS: Article

Summary of our pilot Soil Vegetation Map digitization project in Sonoma County

October 14, 2016

By Maggi Kelly

Between the years 1949-1979 the Pacific Southwest research station branch of the U.S. Forest service published two series of maps: 1) The Soil-Vegetation Maps, and 2) Timber Stand Vegetation Maps.

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Bug Squad: Article

Just Like a Painting

October 14, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Western monarchs are on the move. In the Pacific Northwest, they're heading for coastal California, including Santa Cruz and Pacific Grove, for their overwintering spots. A few are tagged.

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

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT :: Assistant Professor and State Extension Weed Science Specialist

October 14, 2016

By Gale Perez

Click here for the job posting. Type of position: Assistant Professor and State Extension Weed Science Specialist. This is a 12-month, non-tenure track position with 100% extension appointment.

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