Test PB Collection: FTE

Orchard replanting experiments 1-5 Where soil fumigants are unavailable: Starve & Switch The starvation aspect of this approach relies on availability of systemic herbicides to kill complete root systems soon after their last harvest and then waiting for at least one full year prior to replanting.

Aflatoxins, which are potent toxins and carcinogens, are widely regulated by governments with the tolerances set very low in food. Aflatoxins are mainly produced by two closely related fungi, Aspergillus flavus and A.

Pomegranate (Punica granatum)is a specialty crop now grown on more than 10,000 acres. Pomegranate production has increased for both fresh market and juice in the last several years and black heart has become a disease of major concern to the growers.

In recent years, fig growers in California have noticed fig trees in a number of orchards losing large limbs due to a severe dieback problem. The cause of this dieback was initially unknown.

The decision support system for IPM of prune brown rot (DSS-PBR) is an internet-based system developed by Dr. Themis J. Michailidess group at University of California, Kearney Agricultural Center.

Water and product are delivered to each square foot of the field surface with portable soil drenching devices. United States Patent, No.

Mobile unit Specialized unit for retrieval of drip lines Water and product delivered to each square foot of field surface After a 10-hour treatment to sandy soil...

Dr. Themis Michailides is a University of California, Davis, plant pathologist based at the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier.

Extension topics Introduction to brown rot of stone fruit Inoculum potential at bloom (Flower Incubation Technique, FIT) Overnight freezing incubation technique (ONFIT) Risk assessment of blossom blight of prunes caused by Monilinia fructicola Risk analysis for latent infection of prune brown rot ca...

Brown rot, caused by Monilinia fructicola (G. Wint.) Honey, is a destructive disease of stone fruits (Prunus spp.). The disease expresses as blossom blight and fruit rot. In spring, ascospores or conidia produced from mummies infected by M.