Test PB Collection: FTE

Why eat terrible fruit when you can eat wonderful California fruit, or should be able to? All too often fruit which is shipped for several weeks from far off groves arrives distressed and put into cold storage here and then this is mishandled at the retailer.

A United Nations' organization today issued a global pollinator health report and the news was not good.

ATTENTION: All Cherimoya Producers (and friends), "Deliciousness itself", Mark Twain The California Cherimoya Association is sponsoring a knowledge sharing meeting. Time: Saturday, March 12, 2016, 12:00 to 2 p.m. Place: California Tropics Packinghouse 6950 Casitas Pass Rd.

Developing data-driven solutions in the face of rapid global change Global environmental change poses critical environmental and societal needs, and the next generation of students are part of the future solutions.

Imagine you're a tardigrade, aka water bear or moss piglet. You're microscopic but you're nearly indestructible. You can survive being heated to 304 degrees Fahrenheit or being chilled for days at -328 F. And if you're frozen for 30 years, you can still reproduce.

The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) announced earlier this month several new or updated educational publications about weeds and weed impacts that will be of interest to both the scientific community as well as the general public.

Through Sustainable Conservation and the California Horticultural Invasives Prevention (Cal-HIP) committee, the PlantRight campaign was founded in 2005. PlantRight has brought together leaders from the nursery industry, environmental groups, and academics.

Come to the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Spring Meeting on April 21 in Sunol (Bay Area, south of Pleasanton). Sign up soon! Registration will be limited to 75 people and will fill up quickly. The last day to register will be March 29. The $10 fee covers lunch.

Medical entomologists are learning more and more about Aedes aegypti, the daytime-biting mosquito that prefers human blood. The mosquito transmits the Zika virus, currently "the" hot medical topic. But it also transmits dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya viruses. Especially dengue.

As fruit gets heavier and heavier on a tree, does the tree use more water? Or is it sensitive to more water stress? It's not clear if there is a difference. We've all seen a lemon tree sigh in relief after the crops been pulled off.