Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Onions is a challenging crop in which to achieve good weed control. They are planted in high density configurations that preclude the effective use of cultivation.

The So-Called Leaf Fleck Virus Diseases of Citrus Robert R Krueger, USDA-ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository for Citrus & Dates Riverside, California Huanglongbing has recently emerged as an existential threat to California citrus production.

IT'S NEXT WEEK! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19th. And Again Please NOTE: New LOCATION! - Highland Branch Library, 7863 Central Ave., Highland, CA 92346. Save your spot now.

By T. Eric Nightingale, UC Master Gardener of Napa County It may surprise you but California has a good deal in common, environmentally speaking, with South Africa. Both have a variety of climate zones, many of which overlap.

Disturbance. In ecological terms, when a wildfire rages across wild lands, there is a disturbance - a change in the environmental conditions that disrupts the functioning of an ecosystem.

Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 06-10-2019" ET Report 06-10-2019 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

Now that spring is here and summer is around the corner, I see and hear more about gardening to attract pollinators and why these pollinators are so important. However, I did not realize the ecological significance and how vital they are for the production of the food we eat.

Got milk? Got a question about tsetse flies? Yes? Then you'll want to attend the Science Caf presentation on Wednesday, June 7, when medical entomologist and tsetse expert Geoffrey Attardo of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology will discuss Got Milk?

Gophers!! By Jutta Thoerner UCCE Master Gardener I moved to a rural area this year so we can have a big vegetable garden, but I am ready to give up! Everything I planted has been eaten or destroyed. Travis, Paso Robles.

Enjoying a tasty sunflower seed snack? Cooking with sunflower oil? Thank a California sunflower seed grower for producing the hybrid seed that's used for planting sunflower crops throughout the United States and the world, for confectionery and oil seed production.