Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Here's a pretty technical report of water efficiency in avocado - the amount of water it takes to make fruit. It looks like there might be some varieties that could produce more fruit with less water.

[From the Spring issue of the UC IPM Green Bulletin] Argentine ants can be a damaging ant pest species in both agricultural and urban environments in California. Outdoors, they disrupt biological control by tending honeydew-producing pests and protecting them from natural enemies.

Let's celebrate National Pollinator Week. And what better time for the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology to host an open house than during National Pollinator Week? It's from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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 06-18-18" ET Report 6-18-18 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Division of...

Will machines replace the romance of the hand-cultivated wine grape vineyard?

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After 11 years leading the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley, Dean J. Keith Gilless stepped down from his post in June. As dean, Gilless has been dedicated to supporting CNR's diverse research, teaching and outreach activities.

This is a Wilen repost: http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.

Oroville, Ca, June 18, 2018 Today at Riverbend Park in Oroville, Ca. World Cup Soccer is sharing the limelight with another big soccer story closer to home. The soccer fields at Riverbend Park sustained substantial damage from flooding during the spillway event.

National Pollinator Week is June 18 to 24,, 2018. What better way to celebrate and support the importance of pollinators than to plant a pollinator garden? Even a few plants can help support pollinators such as butterflies, beetles, and bees.