Mature Orchards Only two general methods of protecting avocado groves have proved satisfactory - heaters and wind machines. A combination of these two also is used.
TYPES OF INJURY Fruit Damage Fruit damage consists of frozen stems, frozen fibers inside the fruit, or frozen flesh and skin, depending on the temperatures and their duration. This damage appears slowly and is difficult to appraise accurately.
Growing Avocados on Different Spacing SLO 2/4/14 @ Extension Office 1-3 p.m. Ventura 2/5/14 @ Extension Office 9-11 a.m. Fallbrook 2/6/14 @ Fallbrook Public Utility District 9-11 a.m. High Density in the Field and Uniconazole SLO 4/1/14 T.B.A. 1-3 p.m. Ventura 4/2/14 T.B.A. 9-11 a.m.
The Asian soybean aphid is not exactly a household word. As its name implies, it's native to Asia. It was first detected in North America in Wisconsin in July 2000. Technically, its Aphis glycines Matsumura. In lay language, that's spelled "p-e-s-t.
Ooh, a walking stick! Look! Its eating a leaf. Ooh, look at the dung beetles. Those were some of the comments overheard at the Bohart Museum of Entomologys recent open house, themed Beauty and the Beetles.
Dr. Gordon Frankie at UC Berkeley is teaming with me in Ventura County to jointly work on a pollination study for avocados. Dr. Frankie is studying how to increase native bee pollinators in avocado orchards.
Of the many things I'm thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day, I am thankful for the millions of insects that populate our planet. Scientists have described more than a million species, but there may be 10 million more undescribed. I am thankful for honey bees.
