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ACP grower meeting june 2024
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ACP News

June 6, 2024
By Ben A Faber
HLB Update - Ventura County Detections There have been no new confirmed positive HLB detections in Ventura since early February, and no recent expansions to the 5-mile HLB quarantine in place in the Santa Paula area.
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Los sembradíos de girasoles son de los más visitados dentro del agroturismo.
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El Agroturismo: Una nueva oportunidad para las pequeñas granjas de California

June 5, 2024
By Diana Cervantes
La recolección de fresas, arándanos o cerezas, los paseos por rancheras para visitar cultivos de flores, la estancia en pequeños hoteles rurales e incluso las catas de vino son algunas de las actividades del agroturismo que muchos pequeños agricultores están incorporando a sus negocios.
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Hydrogels and Argentine Ants

June 4, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Update on Novel Ant Control Method in Citrus (MyAgLife in Citrus, Episode 828) Recently, the Citrus Research Boards, IPM Entomologist, Ivan Milosavljevi?, Ph.D., was a guest on Episode 828 of MyAgLife in Citrus, where he provided an update on on a novel method of ant control in citrus.
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UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal delivering his Academic Senate Faculty Distinguished Research Award lecture. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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The Bees, The Team, The Honor

June 3, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When UC Davis distinguished professor Walter Leal, recipient of a UC Davis Academic Senate's 2024 Faculty Distinguished Research Award, delivered his seminar at a recent luncheon in the UC Davis Conference Center, honey bees showed up, too. In images, text, and analogies.
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New Avocado Herbicide

June 3, 2024
By Ben A Faber
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has approved the herbicide Rely 280 (glufosinate-ammonium) for use in avocado groves in California. Rely 280 is a post-emergence broad-spectrum herbicide for use against broadleaf and grassy weeds.
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Florida's Declining Citrus Production

June 3, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Florida's citrus industry has long been susceptible to freezes, hurricanes, and disease. A series of devastating freezes in the 1970s and 1980s caused production to shift to more southern regions of the State.
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UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey has written numerous research articles on the Mediterranean fruit fly.
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Medfly Invasion Crisis in California: What Should Be Done?

May 31, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
During the initial throes of the Mediterranean fruit fly invasion in California, protesters disagreeing with the California Department of Food and Agriculture's eradication procedures and policies used to sing the catchy tune, "There Ain't No Bugs on Me," the work of Jerry Garcia and David Grisman.
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Tadpole Shrimp Issues in 2024

May 31, 2024
By Luis Espino
I received several calls and comments about issues with tadpole shrimp this spring. While this pest is well known to growers and PCAs, it can still be difficult to manage during planting time. Mistiming of insecticide application can result in shrimp damage.
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