Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

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The Small Fruit Dilemma

By Nick Sakovich There are a number of products today that claim to increase fruit size. They range from simple fertilizers to complex fertilizers and special microbial soups. Some of these preparations may work, but many will not.
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Weeds

An Alternative Weed Control - Mulching Weed Control - From Herbicides to Mulches...
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An Alternative Weed Control - Mulching

By Nick Sakovich Weeds have always been a menace to growers. But, for about the last 50 years, chemical weed control has proven to be a good method for keeping orchards clean of harmful weeds. For various reasons however, many growers would like to avoid the use of soil residual herbicides.
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Weed Control - From Herbicides to Mulches

By Nick Sakovich The UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines are offered for over 40 crops, including citrus and avocado. This very useful handbook contains information for controlling insects, diseases, nematodes and weeds.
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Recent Meetings, Presentations and Video

7th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting 2008 8th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting 2009 9th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting 2010 10th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting 2011 11th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting 2012 12th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting 2013 13th Annual Strawberr...
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Alternative fumigants and fumigant alternatives: Research updates (5/7/10)

Latest regulations for fumigant use Part 1 Part 2 Alternative fumigants and emmission reductions technologies Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Raised bed through substrate systems Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Soil disinfestation with steam or hot gas Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Anaerobic soil disinfestation Part 1 Part 2 Part...
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7th Annual Strawberry Meeting - 2008

Southern California strawberry research update: varieties and production Yellow Nutsedge control in strawberry with mechanical barriers Mites, Lygus bugs and other strawberry arthropods Regulatory issues in strawberry production: update Recent plant collapse problems in California - Macrophomia ssp...
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Production

Strawberry cultivar performance and Southern California research update (8/12) Fertility research update (8/12)...
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Diseases

ASDoing the Weeds - Originally published in UC Weed Science blog site by Oleg Daugovish, 2015 2012 Management of Macrophomina and Fusarium with fumigants and nonfumigant treatments...
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