Tree and Vine

Orchards

• Growing Persimmons
• Using Pollen Tube Growth Rates as a Screening Technique for Self-Compatibility in Apricots 1980
• Fruit wood rejuvination in peaches
• Almonds- Food safety begins on the farm
• BIOS vs Conventional Almond Mgmt
• DEVELOPING OR REDEVELOPING AN ORCHARD
• Growing Apricots in California: An Overview

Grapes and Berries

• USING TENSIOMETERS WITH STRAWBERRIES
• Vineyard Management During The Drought
• Harvest Dates of Wine Grape Varieties in San Joaquin Valley
• Cover Crops in Vineyards
• New Winegrape Varieties for the SJV

Pests and Pesticides

• Powdery mildew in peaches - 2000?
• Vineyard Bio-security
• OLR Mating Disruption
• Vine Mealybug Poster
• Monitoring for vine mealy bug using traps
• How to Reduce Bee Poisoning
• OLR MATING DISRUPTION USING A PARAFFIN EMULSION DELIVERY SYSTEM
• Gilli MB Flyer 2005
• Mini Monterey GMB Poster Mar 2005
• Hoplia - A new pest in strawberries
• Imported pests and diseases are a threat to agriculture and our environment
• Multiple pathogens implicated in lower branch death
• Powdery Mildew
• 2010 Herbicide Registration on Horticultural Tree and Vine Crops

Agricultural laboratories within driving distance of Merced

Soils, Weather, Water and General Management

• Vineyard Management During A Dry Year - M Norton
• Fall pruning of trees and vines
• SALINITY MANAGEMENT IN ORCHARDS
• Refractometer Calibration, Use and Maintenance
• Strawberry 05-06 Variety trials
• Interpreting a Soil Analysis for Orchards or Vineyards
• Interpreting a Water Analysis for Orchards or Vineyards
• Drought TipsManaging Irrigation in Fruit and Nut Trees during Drought

Pruning Fruit and Nut Trees

• Part 1 - Glossary
• Part 2 - Open Center System
• Part 3 - Central Leader & Other Systems
• Part 4 - Mature Trees

Budding and Grafting

• Grafting Fruit Trees-WAStateUniv
• Propagation of Temperate Zone Fruit Plants
• Striblings Propagation by Budding and Grafting
• Grafting over olive trees
• Budding & Grafting Citrus & Avocado In the Garden 8001
• Propagation of Fruit Plants 1951
• Topworking Citrus Trees

Tree and Vine Movies

• Box Pruning -Tractor Mounted Sickle
• Box Pruning Sides w Hand Trimmer
• Box Pruning Tops w Hand Trimmer
• Mechanical Pruning Bottom Cleanup
• V Pruning Sides w Hand Trimmer
• Peach Blossom Thinning using the Experimental String Thinner

Photo Albums

Online Viticulture Resources

Vine Lines (archived)

Viticulture Blog

UC Davis, Department of Viticulture and Enology

UC Integrated Viticulture

National Grape Registry

Other good resources:

UC Weed Research and Information Center

UC Davis Department of Ag and Resource Economics

UC Publications

Postharvest Technology Center

UC Davis Biometeorology Program

Foundation Plant Services

Advanced Sensing Technologies

Frost Protection in Grapes

UC Integrated Viticulture Online

Fruit and Nut Information Center

YouTube videos from UC Fruit And Nut Center

Spotted Wing Drosophila at UC IPM website