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Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), 2024. IPM Achievement Award, 2021, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). Awarded to Spray Application Pest Management Alliance Team.
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Research

Despite efforts to reduce pesticide use in crop production via integrated pest management methods such as sanitation and biological control, pesticide use remains inevitable in most cases. Pesticide spray applications provide critical protection for crops against pest and diseases.
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Extension and Outreach

Larbi, P. A. (2020, May 5). Spray Calibration and Coverage. Grower Educational Field Day (virtual): The San Joaquin Valley Winegrowers Association. Larbi, P. A. (2020, March 11). Fine-tuning Spray Applications.
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CitrusSprayEx

CitrusSprayEx is an expert system that was developed between 2009 and 2011 as part of Dr. Peter Ako Larbis PhD dissertation at the University of Florida entitled Development of a Model to Predict Spray Deposition in Air-Carrier Sprayer Applications.
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RGB2X

Despite Microsoft Excel's large data handling and graphing capabilities, it was not considered as a regular software for digital image processing and analysis until recently.
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2025 2024 2023.11.21 Weed School for Table Grapes 2023.8.8 UC Grape Day 2023.7.21 FACTS KARE Tour 2023.6.29 ABC-UCANR Calibration Training - Parlier 2023.6.27 ABC-UCANR Calibration Training - Arbuckle 2023.6.7 Cotton Field Day 2023.4.
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News

UC REC Collaboration Increases Student Awareness of Agricultural STEM Research and Practice Opportunities, December 11, 2023 UC ANR Collaboration with Almond Industry Increases Environmental Sustainability of Agriculture through Professional Development Training for Crop Protection Workforce in Nort...
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