Agriculture

Unlike other plants, avocado (Persea americana Mill.), is not a host for very many viral diseases.

Professor Jerry Alan Powell, an international authority on Lepidoptera and a longtime director of the Essig Museum of Entomology, UC Berkeley, died July 8 in Berkeley at age 90.

La Universidad de California en Davis dio a conocer cinco nuevas variedades de fresas que son resistentes a la enfermedad de marchitamiento por Fusarium y tienen un alto grado de produccin y una calidad de fruta mejorada.

Perfect timing.

Rebecca Becky Wheeler-Dykes, the newly selected Cooperative Extension orchard systems and weed ecology advisor for Glenn, Tehama and Colusa counties, is a UC Davis alumna who grew up on a prune and walnut farm in Gridley, Butte County.

Implications for tequila growers Agave are a common sight in Southern California and are frequently used in landscaping for homes, businesses, and in public spaces. You've almost certainly seen agave growing in your neighborhood and may even have some growing yourself.

Pistachio production has been expanding, particularly into marginal soils with high salts, boron, and even sodic conditions. One plant that is endemic to these conditions, alkaliweed, has been reported in these orchards.

General situation After a slow, late start to the season, summer has finally arrived and is staying. Kings will see temperatures building over the next few days and settling into an extended period with 100+ highs, including several days with highs over 110.

General situation After a slow, late start to the season, summer has finally arrived and is staying. Fresno will see temperatures building over the next few days and settling into an extended period with 100+ highs, with several highs in excess of 110 predicted.

General situation After a slow, late start to the season, summer has finally arrived and is staying. Merced will see temperatures building over the next few days and settling into an extended period with 100+ highs. All that heat will really accelerate thrips development and increase their activity.