Test PB Collection: FTE

Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.

Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.

Honey bees were all over the Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis) on Monday, Oct. 19 at the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, Santa Rosa. They just could not get enough of the colorful flower, also known as a windflower or thimbleweed.

California agriculture is successful, in large part, because of the Mediterranean climate and irrigation infrastructure. While irrigating crops is the norm, there are growers who practice dryland, or rainfed, farming. These growers utilize winter rainfall to produce the crop.

You are all welcome to visit us at the Geospatial Innovation Facility for this years GIS Day Celebration on Wednesday, November 18th. This years event is co-hosted by the GIF and BayGeo (formerly the Bay Area Automated Mapping Association, or BAAMA).

Strange weather we're having here in Central California. After soaring into the 90s, the temperatures pushed again into the 80s today (Oct.21). The Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis vanillae) are "making the most-est" of their host plant, passionflower vines. Blossoms keep popping up like so much popcorn.

Strawberry is an important commodity in California with a crop value of $2 billion (NASS, 2013).

Gary Bender was a farm advisor in San Diego, who is still there but is now retired. He still knows his avocados and compiled his knowledge into a handbook that is online and available to all for immortality.or as long as the internet survives.

The western tarnished plant bug or lygus bug (Lygus hesperus), the western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis), the greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum), and the strawberry aphid (Chaetosiphon fragaefolii) are important insect pests of strawberries in California (Zalom et al.

How many times has NAIP been acquired for California?