Ongoing research

Included in this email: Wheat Field Day agenda **Wheat Field Day has received approval for both CURES Nitrogen Management Plan and CCA credits.

Please join us on Thursday, March 14th from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm for a field day to aid in promoting the best nitrogen and irrigation management practices by almond growers throughout California. This will take place on Chandler Farms, west of McCall on Adams avenue in Del Rey (see attached flyer).

Hello. This is the first update for 2019 for the UC western flower thrips/tswv outlook for processing tomato. General outlook As a reminder the base temperature we use for estimating thrips development is 45F.

UCCE researchers James Schaeffer and Kurt Hembree, and Dr. Anil Shrestha at CSU-Fresno are investigating the distribution of a newly emerging problem weed, Alkaliweed, in pistachio orchards. They would like to request your help to identify locations of this plant in the Southern San Joaquin Area.

Hello. This is the first update for 2019 for the UC western flower thrips/tswv outlook for processing tomato. General outlook As a reminder, the base temperature we use for estimating thrips development is 45F.

Here's a photo submitted by reader Ted Swartzbaugh down in Ventura county of something you don't see too often. Powdery mildew in raspberry which has advanced to the fruit, and if you look close you can even see evidence of the disease on the petiole.

In This Edition: Fresno County 4-H Leaders Council & Committee Meetings, Pg. 2 State Record Book Participants, Pg. 2 Welcome Cashmir Whittle, Pg. 2 CCLS (Community Club Leaders)-Need to Know, Pg. 2 Junior Camp Counselor Planning Meeting, Pg. 3 Fresno County 4-H CampRegistration, Pg.

Hello. This is the first update for 2019 for the UC western flower thrips/tswv outlook for processing tomato. General outlook As a reminder the base temperature we use for estimating thrips development is 45F.

UCCE Sonoma County along with other UC colleagues, recently received a grant to identify the impact of grazing on the frequency and severity of wildfire in California.

Gardening has been around for centuries an old-fashioned pleasure and also a survival skill. As Master Gardeners our task is to make recommendations ... disseminate scientifically defensible information approved by the University of California to others also interested in gardening.