Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Gary Bender was a farm advisor in San Diego, who is still there but is now retired. He still knows his avocados and compiled his knowledge into a handbook that is online and available to all for immortality.or as long as the internet survives.

The western tarnished plant bug or lygus bug (Lygus hesperus), the western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), the greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum), and the strawberry aphid (Chaetosiphon fragaefolii) are important insect pests of strawberries in California (Zalom et al.

How many times has NAIP been acquired for California?

The rain that pounded Northern California on Oct. 18--complete with thunder and lightening--also drenched a few honey bees that waited out the storm.

It's delightful to see the gray hairstreak. We're not talking about the gray streaks in our hair as we age (to perfection, of course!). We're talking about the gray hairstreak, a common gray butterfly found throughout the United States, coast to coast, as well as parts of Canada and Mexico.

FUSARIUM DIEBACK AND POLYPHAGOUS SHOT HOLE BORER ON AVOCADO Akif Eskalen1, Richard Stouthamer2 1Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, UC Riverside 2Department of Entomology, UC Riverside BACKROUND Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), Euwallacea sp. (#1) (Fig.

In a recent blog post, Dr. Clyde Elmore discussed weed species changes in urban environments in response to the ongoing drought. One weed that can thrive under dry conditions is field bindweed, a significant weedy pest for homeowners, land managers, and farmers, alike.

Oh, the joys of rearing monarch butterflies. Not for commercial purposes. For conservation purposes. For a couple of months now, we've been watching the monarch caterpillars slowly disappearing from our milkweed plants. We'd see fifth instar 'cats one day, and the next day, they'd be gone.

Our friend Jane Delahoyde has been finding new things on citrus. She first found leaffooted bug on lemons in late September and now has found it on mandarin.

Everyone from scientists to environmentalists to beekeepers are clamoring for more research on the effects of neonicotinoids on honey bees.