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Methods to Enable the Coexistence of Diverse Corn Production Systems
How to keep a corn field true to the planted variety and reduce the potential for cross-pollination from nearby plantings of other corn varieties.
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Managing Mosquitoes on the Farm
Mosquitoes on the farm can cause a variety of problems: they carry illness to humans, harm livestock, and reduce you property's value. Learn the basics of agricultural mosquito control from this free publication.
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Small Grain Production Pt 10: Small Grain Forages
Part 10 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual covers the use of small grains as livestock forage, including choosing among the small grains, harvest stages and methods, and effect of maturity on yield.
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Forest Stewardship Series 18: Stewardship Objectives and Planning
Part 18 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Vegetative Filter Strips for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control in Agri...
Irrigated orchards, vineyards, and row crops have high erosion rates. The vegetative filter strip (VFS) offers one way to control erosion rates and keep soil in the field rather than letting it be carried off site in drainage water.
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Practical Lawn Fertilization
Proper fertilization is an important part of effective lawn care. This free publication will answer your basic questions and help you establish a fertilization plan.
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Diaprepes Root Weevil
Diaprepes root weevil is a serious pest of Florida citrus, sweet potatoes, papayas, and ornamental plants, and it threatens to become established in California as well.
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Cucurbit Seed Production in California
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
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Growing Seed Sprouts at Home
How to grow edible sprouts at home while avoiding food safety hazards.
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Frequently Asked Questions on Pitch Canker
Pitch canker can kill branches on Monterey pines, and sometimes kills the entire tree. Use the color photos in this electronic publication to identify pitch canker, and learn what you can do to check its spread.
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Footbaths for Animal Facilities: Easier Than You Think!
A simple, effective way to reduce livestock disease transmission is to get the people who work with the animals to clean their boots with a disinfectant footbath before they enter or leave a livestock area. Training and footbath placement are key.
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Plasticulture in California Vegetable Production
Farmers up and down California are using plastic mulches, row covers, and tunnels to improve vegetable production or extend the growing season. This publication describes the variety of materials available, their uses, and their potential benefits.
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Bell Pepper Production in California
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
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Small Grain Production Pt 7: Pest Management -- Insects
Part 7 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual provides color photographs and discussion of the major insect pests of small grains in California.
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Understanding Your Orchard's Wat...
A simple way to determine the proper irrigation amount is to estimate the amount of water the trees have used, evapotranspiration (ET), since the last irrigation. Learn how to easily calculate real-time ET rates using data provided by CIMIS.
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Asian Citrus Psyllid
Plant hosts, life cycle, crop damage, and pest management information for this pest of citrus and other closely related plants.
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Forest Stewardship Series 19: Laws and Regulations. . .: Timber Harves...
Full title: Laws and Regulations Affecting Forests, Part I: Timber Harvesting. Part 19 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Farm Water Quality Plan
Farm Water Quality Planning Series. A template for a comprehensive farm water quality management plan for use in planning, implementation, and evaluation of management practices to help satisfy water quality regulatory requirements. (Replaces #9002)
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Raising Game Birds
There are many reasons to raise game birds, including pheasants, chukar partridges, and Japanese or bobwhite quail: as a hobby, a 4-H project, or even a business venture. Interested? This publication will point you in the right direction.
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Roundup Ready Alfalfa: An Emerging Technology
Find out how glyphosate-resistant alfalfa promises to make weed control much simpler and alfalfa production cheaper.
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Establishing Integrated Pest Management Policies and Programs
Adoption of a written IPM plan is an important first step in implementing integrated pest management practices. This publication takes you through the process, step by step.
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Sago Palms in the Landscape
Useful tips on propagating and growing these distinctive, palm-like trees in mild-winter regions.
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Small Grain Production Pt 4: Fertilization
Part 4 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual includes information on soils and fertility, symptoms of nutrient deficiency or toxicity (with full-color photographs), and fertilizer application, timing, and rates.
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Small Grain Production Pt 1: Importance of Small Grain Crops in Califo...
Part 1 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual gives an overview of the history and current status of small grain production in California.
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Small Grain Production Pt 14: Troubleshooting Small Grain Production
Part 14 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual is a detailed guide for troubleshooting a wide variety of problems in your small grain crop, complete with over 40 full-color photographs of symptoms.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Food Irradiation
How does food irradiation improve food safety? Is irradiated food safe to eat? This free publication offers answers on basic concerns regarding this new technology.
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Tailwater Return Systems
Excess irrigation water that runs off a farm field ("tailwater") is regulated by California law, since it may be carrying sediments, nutrients, and agricultural chemicals. Learn about options for safely recycling tailwater back into your farm operation.
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Soil Fertility Management for Organic Crops
Organic soil fertility management is guided by the philosophy of “feed the soil to feed the plant.” This basic precept is implemented through a series of practices designed to increase soil organic matter, biological activity, and nutrient availability.
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Rural Roads: A Contruction and Maintenance Guide for California Landow...
For farmers, landowners, and land managers: How to maintain and repair existing roads in rural areas and how to plan and construct new rural roads.
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Bell Pepper Production: Sample Costs and Profitability Analysis
Sample costs of production were developed in Ventura County in 1999, but can easily be modified to fit other growing areas.
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Weed Management for Organic Crops
Weed management in organic vegetable production systems must involve the use of many techniques and strategies, all with the goal of achieving economically acceptable weed control and crop yields.
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Forest Stewardship Series 8: Forest Wildlife
Part 8 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Edible-Pod Pea Production in California
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
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Small Grain Production Pt 8: Pest Management -- Vertebrates
Part 8 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual gives essential information on vertebrate pests, including meadow mice, pocket gophers, rabbits, hares, deer, feral pigs, and waterfowl.
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Conservation Tillage and Weed Management
"Conservation tillage" is an approach to soil management that balances the short-term need for a profitable crop with the long-term need for sustainably healthy ground. This publication looks at ways to control weeds while practicing conservation tillage.
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Damping-Off Diseases
Damping-off diseases affect vegetable crops worldwide. Learn the basic on how these fungal diseases spread and what you can do to stop them.
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Peach Rust Caused by Tranzschelia discolor in California
Peach rust is a problem in every peach-growing area of California, but causes the greatest damage in the Sacramento Valley. Color photos and descriptions in this publication help you identify the disease and the conditions that encourage its development.
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Beef Care Practices
A thorough introduction to the issues and decisions facing a beef cattle producer in California.
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Using CCA Preservative-Treated Lumber in Gardens and Landscaping
Lumber that has been pressure-treated with chromated copper arsenate (CCA) resists decay and is commonly used in gardens and landscaping, but it does release a certain amount of its toxic chemicals into the environment. Learn how use this wood safely.
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Irrigation Water Salinity and Crop Production
All irrigation water contains dissolved mineral salts, and these can have a profound effect on crop performance. This publication helps you understand the basics of this relationship.
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Vine Mealybug: What You Should Know
Vine mealybug (VMB), a vineyard pest throughout the world, damages grape foliage and fruit, rendering the fruit unmarketable. This publication helps you identify and control VMB in California vineyards.
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Small Grain Production Pt 9: Pest Management -- Weeds
Part 9 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual introduces the types of weeds that can be a problem in small grains and discusses their cultural and chemical control.
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Fruit Trees: Planting and Care of Young Trees
Learn how to plant, prune, and care for bare-root or countainer-grown fruit trees.
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Cantaloupe Production in California
Basic information for commercial growers, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
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The Lunch Box Series, C: Safe Lunches for Preschool Children
Tips on keeping food safety in mind when you put together your preschooler's nutritious sack lunch.
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Turfgrass Traffic and Compaction: Problems and Solutions
Foot traffic is hard on lawns, but you can minimize the potential for damage by choosing the right turfgrass and growing it on the right soil.
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Summer Squash Production in California
Basic information for commercial growers of zucchini and other summer squashes, including climatic requirements, varieties, planting, fertilization, harvest, and marketing channels.
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Predicting and Controlling Stable Flies on California Dairies
The stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) is a serious pest of confined livestock, and is becoming a pest of pastured livestock as well. This publication will help you learn to identify the pest and manage infestations.
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Protecting Food Safety When Shooting, Field Dressing, Bringing a Deer ...
For hunters, a short, practical guide for cutting and storing venison to avoid spoilage and the potential for disease.
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Insect Management for Organic Crops
Before planting a crop, an organic vegetable grower needs to understand the pests and beneficial organisms that usually occur in that crop and anticipate the pest problems that are likely to occur.
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Measuring Applied Water in Surface-Irrigated Orchards
A helpful guide on reducing agricultural runoff from irrigated properties caused by irrigation practices or winter rainfall.
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Watershed Response to Storm Events
This is reference sheet 10.2 in the Farm Water Quality Planning series.
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Soil Intake Rates and Applicatio...
Matching the sprinkler application rate to the soil intake rate is difficult and complex. This publication discusses three approaches to determine the design application rate of a sprinkler irrigation system to the soil intake rate.
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Patch Budding: A Convenient Method for Top-Working Olives
Covers timing, scion wood selection, and techniques for patch budding onto small and large established trees.
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Small Grain Production Pt 6: Pest Management -- Diseases
Part 6 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual discusses integrated pest management (IPM) for your crop and provides important information on and full-color photographs of the primary diseases of small grains in California.
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Fruit Trees: Pruning Overgrown Deciduous Trees
How to rehabilitate that overgrown, untended fruit tree, or decide whether it's worth the effort.
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Water Conservation Tips for the Home Lawn and Garden
How to make the most of your lawn area using the least amount of irrigation water.
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Forest Stewardship Series 3: Forest Ecology
Part 3 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Crop Biotechnology: Feeds for Livestock
Some food shoppers are concerned about the safety of biotech crops and of food animals raised on biotech feeds. This publication summarizes scientific research on the topic.
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Peaches and Nectarines: Calendar of Operations for Home Gardeners
This series of handy guides for the home orchard gives a quick overview of major tasks that should be undertaken during the winter dormant, spring bloom, summer growing and harvest, and autumn seasons. This guide is for peaches and nectarines.
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Forest Stewardship Series 22: Forest Taxation, Estate Planning, . . .
Full title: Forest Taxation, Estate Planning, and Conservation Easements. Part 22 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Water Pollution Control Legislation
This is reference sheet 8.1 in the Farm Water Quality Planning series.
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Making Sense of Rules Governing Chlorine Contact in . . . Organic Prod...
Basic explanation of potentially confusing rules on chlorine exposure for organically grown produce.
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Cherry Crinkle-Leaf and Deep Suture Disorders
Crinkle-leaf (bull trees, unproductive cherry, or male trees) and deep suture are are widespread and damaging disorders of sweet cherry fruit. Learn how to identify and control these two disorders.
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Genetic Engineering and Fish
Read up on basic issues related to genetic engineering and fish.
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Small Grain Production Pt 5: Irrigation and Water Relations
Part 5 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual is a primer on water needs, including moisture requirements at the different stages of production, patterns of water consumption, and irrigation methods and timing.
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Small Grain Production Pt 11: Small Grain Cover Crops
Part 11 of the 14-part Small Grain Production Manual discusses the benefits of cover cropping with small grains, including nitrogen interaction, water use, and cultivar selection.
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Guidelines for Residual Dry Matter (RDM) Management
Properly managed RDM can be expected to provide a high degree of protection from soil erosion and nutrient loss. Applications of specific RDM standards based
on research and experience have shown the effectiveness of this approach to grazing management.
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The Lunch Box Series, E: 15 Take-Along Lunches for Preschool Children
Fifteen simple, balanced bag-lunch menus to keep your preschooler healthy and well-fed, plus guidelines for making menus of your own.
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Chestnut Culture in California
Learn how to grow this sweet and increasingly marketable low-fat nut. Information on species and varieties, worldwide consumption, economics, and marketing; how to choose an orchard site, plant and maintain the orchard, harvest, and storage.
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Fertilizing Landscape Trees
Advice on determining what nutrients your landscape tree needs and how to to apply them.
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Understanding Soil Erosion in Irrigated Agriculture
A soil's physical and chemical properties determine whether it is vulnerable to erosion, which can reduce soil quality and cause other problems besides. Learn the basics of identifying what type of erosion is affecting your land and what's causing it.
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Forest Stewardship Series 17: Forest Roads
Part 17 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Biosecurity for Poultry at Community Farms
Many people enjoy raising poultry but do not have the space for a home flock. One solution is a community farm where many people can work together to raise their poultry or other animals. Learn about special health and safety issues that may arise.
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Genetic Engineering and Animal Feed
Read up on some basic issues related to meat, egg, and dairy products from animals that have been fed on genetically engineered crops. Many studies show these feeds to be "substantially equivalent" to traditional feeds.
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Frost Protection for Citrus and Other Subtropicals
Basics of cold-weather protection for citrus, avocado, guava, loquat, and other subtropical fruit and nut trees.
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Lawn Watering Guide for California
A straightforward method to help homeowners set up timed irrigation systems for lawns anywhere in California.
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Managing Existing Sprinkler . . ...
If you experience runoff from an existing sprinkler-irrigated orchard, changing the design and set-up of the sprinkler system, the management of the sprinkler system, or the management of the orchard floor may reduce the amount.
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Walnuts: Calendar of Operations for Home Gardeners
This series of handy guides for the home orchard gives a quick overview of major tasks that should be undertaken during the winter dormant, spring bloom, summer growing and harvest, and autumn seasons. This guide is for walnuts.
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Forest Stewardship Series 10: Riparian Vegetation
Part 10 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Plant Genetic Engineering and Intellectual Property Protection
A basic discussion of patent rights as they apply to genetically engineered plants, presented in the context of conventional plant breeding.
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Growing Processing Cling Peaches in California: An Overview
Everything you need to know about processing Cling Peaches in California.
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Landscaping Tips to Help Defend Your Home from Wildfire
You can have both a beautiful landscape and a defensible fire-safe zone (minimum 100 feet) around your rural home. Get the basics, plus helpful Internet links and a 3-part poster in this publication.
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Nutrient Management in Nursery and Floriculture
Learn how to manage the two nutrients that have the greatest potential for harm to water quality - nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in various forms.
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Home Landscaping for Fire
How to establish and maintain a "defensible space" around your home in areas that are susceptible to wildfire.
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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Measuring Irrigation Flows in a ...
Minimizing the application of excess water requires knowing when and how much water to apply. Flow measurement is most easily done in a pipeline; this publication describes the four most commonly used flowmeters, their maintenance, and uses.
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Rangeland Management Series: Annual Range Forage Production
Livestock on California's foothill rangelands get much of their nutrition from rangeland forage plants. An understanding of how climatic factors influence forage productivity can help growers predict the need to provide supplemental feed.
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Living among the Fish: A Guide to Conservation of Fish Habitat . . .
Increasing urbanization is encroaching on the habitat of California's wild fishes, and fish populations are falling. Learn the basics of fish biology and explore ways to reduce or even reverse civilization's negative effect on fish and streams.
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Biotechnology Provides New Tools for Plant Breeding
Recombinant DNA is still a relatively new technology. This publication gives a basic introduction to how it works and how it's being used in plant breeding.
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Forest Stewardship Series 1: Introduction to Forest Stewardship and G...
Part 1 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series. Full title: Introduction to Forest Stewardship and Glossary of Terms
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Planting Landscape Trees
Learn the basics of planting and caring for a new landscape tree.
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Forest Stewardship Series 9: Forest Streams
Part 9 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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Genetic Engineering and Organic Production Systems
A brief exploration of how two very different farming cultures can coexist.
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Plums: Calendar of Operations for Home Gardeners
This series of handy guides for the home orchard gives a quick overview of major tasks that should be undertaken during the winter dormant, spring bloom, summer growing and harvest, and autumn seasons. This guide is for plums.
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Nutrition and Health Info Sheet: Soy
The long-time presence of soy in traditional Asian foods may have something to do with historically low rates of some chronic diseases in many Asian cultures. Learn how to integrate this excellent protein and nutrient source into your own cuisine.
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Citrus Bacterial Canker Disease and Huanglongbing (Citrus Greening)
Citrus canker and huanglongbing (HLB, or citrus greening) are two serious diseases that affect crops around the world, but have not yet infected California groves. Find out how to keep these diseases out of the state.
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A Field Key to Lygus Species of the Central San Joaquin Valley
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Plant Disease Management for Organic Crops
Plant diseases create challenging problems in commercial agriculture and pose real economic threats to both conventional and organic farming systems. In an organic system, disease-control strategies should have an ecological basis.
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Forest Stewardship Series 23: Technical and Financial Assistance
Part 23 of the 24-part Forest Stewardship Series.
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The Lunch Box Series, B: Learning from Labels
Basic information on how to read and interpret the Nutrition Facts and ingredients labels on foods.
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Rangeland Management Series: Factors and Practices that Influence Live...
Fine-tuning traditional livestock distribution techniques can improve effectiveness. Learn how to use management practices to alter distribution and to attract livestock into targeted grazing areas or away from environmentally critical areas.
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