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Fire blight blasted end of branch. (photos by Brenda Altman)
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora)

July 9, 2019
When I first inherited this pear tree it was hemmed in between two structures and restricted to a 3-foot diameter opening in the concrete. I had noticed that several of the branches growing straight up were blacken and appeared dead. I assumed that the recent drought had caused the problem.
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UC Cooperative Extension - Madera County: Article

Summer 2019

July 9, 2019
Maximizing walnut quality to improve value in a low-price year, Regulated Deficit Irrigation in Almonds to Manage Hull Rot, and On-Farm Recharge on Pecans for Groundwater Sustainability Includes a Survey on grower interest in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) and On Farm Recharge (OF...
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Budget update 2019-20

July 8, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Dear Colleagues, The state's fiscal year 2019-20 budget will remain the same as FY18/19 for UC Office of the President (UCOP), of which UC ANR is a key component.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Desert deliberations

July 8, 2019
By Wendy Powers
I arrived in Albuquerque Sunday afternoon. It was surprisingly cool here for the first 12 hours. While that has changed, 3 years in the desert that is California has acclimated me. Keith and Bill Frost, and Jean Marie Peltier are here with Glenda and I.
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What's wrong with these tomatoes? Find out Thursday July 18!
The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Learn How to Manage Pests in Your Vegetable Garden on Thursday, July 18

July 8, 2019
By Anne E Schellman
The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardeners of Stanislaus County are teaching a free Managing Pests in Your Vegetable Garden class on Thursday, July 18, 2019 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Agriculture Center on 3800 Cornucopia Way in Modesto at Harvest Hall, Rooms D&E.
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Botrytis fruit rot-Surendra Dara
E-Journal of Entomology and Biologicals: Article

Five shades of gray mold control in strawberry: evaluating chemical, organic oil, botanical, bacterial, and fungal active ingredients

July 8, 2019
Botrytis fruit rot or gray mold, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is common fruit disease in California strawberries (Koike et al. 2018). Botrytis cinerea has a wide host range infecting several commercially important crops including blueberry (Saito et al. 2016), grapes (Saito et al.
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This is researcher Christophe Morisseau's water balloon battle poster, now on display in the Briggs Hall basement, outside his office. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Here's Why Your Workplace Needs a Water Balloon Battle

July 8, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The posters displayed at the Bruce Hammock Alumni Lab Reunion last August in the UC Davis Conference Center epitomized state-of-the-art scientific research. Typical of the posters, all by Hammock lab affiliates: "Insect Gut--Pathogen Molecular Interactions" by Bryony C.
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Ugni molinae
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Ugni Molinae

July 8, 2019
In early June on the way home from a trip to Bodega Bay, my husband and I stopped in at the Luther Burbank Gold Ridge Experiment Farm. Luther Burbank, the famous American plantsman, had purchased the farm in 1885 and used it as a base for his long successful career.
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