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By Nick Sakovich The Satsuma mandarin grows quite well in New Zealand. The ingredients are all there - a good export and domestic market, consumer acceptance, and low disease and pest problems, which translate into low chemical inputs.

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

Update on regulatory issues pertaining to strawberry production Southern California Strawberry research update: varieties and production Plant collapse due to Macrophomina and Fusarium ssp. Research update on biology and management Anthracanose (C.

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...

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