Agriculture

Practical Training in Nitrogen Planning & Management in Organic Production of Annual Crops BUT All Growers Could Learn from these sessions - Virtual Event Habr traduccin al Espaol 3-part Workshop Session 1: Monday, Nov. 27th, 2023, 1-3pm Session 2: Monday, Dec.

Recently I [Matt] had a chance to interview 4-H youth member Eva who is also this year's 4-H club president for Franklin in Sutter County. The following are Eva's responses to my questions.

What Can Happen With Too Much Rain? Watch that Mulch!!! Rain is wonderful stuff. If it comes and washes the accumulated salts of the last several years out of the root zones of citrus and avocado, that's a good thing.

California ranks number one in the nation for dairy production, with 1,100 to 1,200 dairy farms, each with an average of 1,436 cows, mostly concentrated in Tulare County in the San Joaquin Valley.

There are at least four species of Phytophthora species (P. citrophthora, P. parasitica, P. syringae, and P. hibernalis) associated with citrus in California and all species can cause various symptoms in citrus including the three main diseases' associated with Phytophthora spp.

Research molecular biologist Jason Hong of the USDA-ARS Horticultural Lab, Fort Pierce, FL., will present the next UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminar on "Managing Soilborne Pathogens and Pests with Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD)." His seminar begins at 4:10 p.m.

Growers and pest control advisers (PCAs) should be on the lookout for a new pest called carpophilus beetle (Carpophilus truncatus).

Transgenic Citrus Studies Progressing Spray pesticides? Inject antibiotics? CUPS? Or? The search for solutions to HLB has gone on for nearly two decades.

Overview Three years of data indicate that liquid-injected biosolids-based fertilizers (LBF, using 'Lystegro' from Lystek) are a viable alternative to conventional forms of nitrogen (N) fertilizer on a total N basis in wheat rotations in the southern Sacramento Valley.

What exactly happened when two predators and their prey--a praying mantis, a green darner dragonfly, a queen bee and a monarch butterfly--recently entered the Bohart Museum of Entomology with assorted entomologists? They all socialized and enjoyed a buffet dinner, followed by a cake.