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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

Pest News: Article

Erythrina stem or twig borer: a new and potentially devastating pest of coral trees in California

February 17, 2016

Erythrina caffra is a spring-flowering landscape tree. (Photo by Don Hodel) The Erythrina stem borer (ESB) (sometimes known as the Erythrina twig borer) (Terastia meticulosalis), a potentially devastating pest of Erythrina spp.

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Livestock & Range: Article

Pajaro Compass Wants Rancher Input on Feb 25 at Hollister Vets Building

February 16, 2016

By Devii R Rao

The Pajaro Compass is a group of conservationists, natural resources managers, ranchers, and farmers who are interested in conservation of the Pajaro River Watershed.

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Bug Squad: Article

Shades of Shirley Temple, Maybe?

February 16, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Shades of Shirley Temple, maybe? A curly haired tarantula at the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis could have been named for...drum roll..Shirley Temple. The curly haired tarantula, or Brachypelma albopilosum, proved a big hit at the Bohart Museum on Saturday, Feb.

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CloverLine February 2016

February 16, 2016

Results from Trick or Treat so Others Can Eat Drive Chief Peak 4-H Featured Club Color Me Green Presentation Day Agriculture Career Fair Super Field Day County Fair News...

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Host Range for Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer - Check It Out to See the Plants that are Attacked by the Fungus

February 16, 2016

By Ben A Faber

Of the approximately 200 tree species that can be attacked by the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer, about 100 of those species can be colonized by the Fusarium fungus that actually goes on to kill the tree. This from a host of researchers at UC Riverside.

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Bug Squad: Article

The Story Behind This Bumble Bee Pollen Load

February 15, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

What a treat to find not one--but five yellow-faced bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) foraging on a rosemary hedge on Valentine's Day. Feb. 14 was a perfect day for foragers, as the temperature climbed into the '70s, an unusually warm February day. The site: The Glen Cove Marina in Vallejo, Calif.

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Bug Squad: Article

Got 'em!

February 12, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

"Got 'em!" That's the message we've all been waiting for.

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Livestock & Range: Article

Reminder: BQA Certification Event Next Week

February 12, 2016

By Devii R Rao

Remember to join us on February 18 at the King City Fairgrounds Pavilion Building from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm to get your Beef Quality Assurance certification and enjoy lunch with the Monterey County Cattlemen at their Spring Meeting.

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Bug Squad: Article

How Many Overwintering Monarchs in California?

February 11, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

There's good news and not-so-good news about the Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count in California. Last December the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation released preliminary figures. Now they've announced the final tally: almost 272,000 monarchs (Danaus plexippus).

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Bug Squad: Article

Real Reason for Flowers? It's All About Sex

February 10, 2016

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

You could say that noted entomologist/author Stephen Buchmann has a thing for buds, bees, beetles and butterflies...buds that burst into flowers, and bugs that burst into pollinators.

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