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California Plant and Soil Conference, February 6 and 7

January 15th, 2025
By Mark P Bolda
Happy New Year everyone! Looks like the year has come out storming with a lot to do and events to attend. The big UCCE Annual Strawberry Production Research meeting is to take place February 12 at the County Fairgrounds in Santa Cruz County, I'll be posting the agenda for that quite soon.
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Fifth instar of spiny assassin bug - this looks a lot like what we have been finding in strawberry fields, especially towards the end of the season.
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Introducing the Spiny Assassin Bug

November 18th, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
Close readers of this blog will know that last year Mark noted toward the end of the season a very unusual looking insect in two of his strawberry research plots, which UCCE Entomologist on the Central Coast at the time Kirsten Pearson identified as the spiny assassin bug, an insect in the family Re...
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Photo 1:Note burnt edges of leaves - these canes are growing outside of protected tunnel culture.
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Heat Damage to Raspberry Foliage

October 5th, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
In case you haven't heard or been outside lately, it's been real warm in the Watsonville-Salinas area the last few days.
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Mode of Action of Sefina

September 9th, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
With the recent Section 18 permit to use Sefina insecticide for control of lygus bugs in strawberry, a number of growers and PCA's have approached both of us concerning the mode of action of Sefina, of which the active ingredient is afidopyropen.
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Some Thoughts on Intellectual Honesty

September 5th, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
I'm a sucker for buying books at the airport, I think it's because so much free time beckons not only at the airport while waiting to board but then also in the airplane itself.
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Not a Raspberry, So What is It

August 20th, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
Out for a run in Bellingham last week to maintain my strength for the rigors of the CA berry industry when I spied a tree sporting raspberry-like fruit like those pictured below (and hence my senses being drawn to it immediately). I've done some internetting on it, but not quite sure.
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Announcing Plasticulture Field Day July 30

July 23rd, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
Mark here - I've got an admin responsibility on the same day, so won't be at this meeting, but nevertheless encourage one and all who are interested in seeing firsthand our team's trial of various biodegradable plastics in the field to attend. The flier for this event is attached below.
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Sunscald on Ouachita blackberry.
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Sunscald on Blackberry

July 3rd, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
I made a visit to a beautiful blackberry field a few days ago and was shown this example of sunscald, in this case on mature Ouachita blackberry. Notice these are not tunneled, and also one observes immediately that only the part of the fruit facing the sun is affected.
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UC Ag Experts Talk: Lygus bugs in Strawberry

May 30th, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
I've been invited to give a talk on lygus bug management in strawberry by the UC Ag Expert Talk series : As all California strawberry growers, PCA's and farm managers know, lygus bugs are a serious pest of strawberry, and they cause big losses statewide.
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UCCE Fumigants and Non-Fumigants Meeting Coming Up in Oxnard - May 23

May 15th, 2024
By Mark P Bolda
My UCCE colleague Oleg Daugovish is holding an extension meeting in Oxnard this upcoming May 23 focused on fumigants and non-fumigant alternatives. Have a look if you can, it will be hybrid, meaning online or in-person. You have to sign up though! More information on the agenda attached below.
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"The Wolfskill Experimental Orchards are a research treasure," says Professor Ted DeJong, a University of California pomologist and the Orchard's director. "Work here has resulted in the development and release of 55 new varieties - 29 strawberry, 8 processing peach, 7 cherry, 5 almond, 3 prune and 3 pistachio, as well as 2 almond-peach rootstocks."

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