Salinas Valley Agriculture

Author: Richard Smith and Daniel Hasegawa, UCCE Monterey County and USDA ARS, Salinas Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) caused significant crop loss in 2020.

Strategies to Control Pythium Wilt of Lettuce Author: Richard Smith and JP Dundore-Arias Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey; and Plant Pathology Professor, Cal State Monterey Bay In 2020 Pythium wilt of lettuce (Pythium uncinulatum) caused up to 100% yield loss in some fields in the Salinas Valley.

Up-coming on-line meeting on November 10th, 2020 from 12:50pm- 4:00pm. This will be a Zoom event. If interested in participating, please register at: http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=32220 Agenda for this meeting is below.

Authors: Richard Smith, JP Dundore Arias, Daniel Hasegawa and Steve Koike Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey; Plant Pathology Professor, Cal State Monterey Bay; Research Entomologist, USDA ARS; Director, TriCal Diagnostics, respectively In 2020 the incidence of Pythium wilt (caused by Pythium uncinulatum)...

Currently, we are experiencing a prolonged heatwave on the central coast. Heatwaves have become a recurring phenomenon in recent years, especially in late summer.