Topics in Subtropics

Avocado Irrigation
April 16 (1 -3 PM)
 

Water Knowledge is
Power Knowledge

In-Person and Zoom
 
Topics and Speakers
 
Sources of ET information and their Reliability
By Ali Montazar - UCCE Irrigation Advisor, Imperial/San Diego/ Riverside counties
 
 
Selecting Irrigation Emitters-Drip vs Microsprinkler
Stu Styles - Cal Poly SLO Irrigation Training and Education Center
 
We would love to meet you in person at
The San Diego County Farm Bureau (420 S Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025)
 

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Citrus Fungicides

October 26th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
The UC ANR Integrated Pest Management website for citrus along with many deciduous tree crops has been updated for fungicides. Specifically there's a listing of citrus fungicides and their efficacy.
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Spanish HLB?

October 24th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
LIFE Vida for Citrus es un proyecto europeo que nace con el propsito de proteger al sector de los ctricos desarrollando plantas resistentes a la enfermedad, y con la idea de implantar prcticas culturales respetuosas con el medio ambiente que limiten el desarrollo del vector transmisor de la enfermed...
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Tree Crop Herbicides

October 21st, 2022
Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.
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Samba and the Fruit Fly

October 19th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Scientists use samba wasps to manage the invasive spotted-wing drosophila, a key pest of small andstone fruit worldwide By Vaughn Walton https://www.ishs.org/system/files/chronica-documents/ch6203.
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Loquats?

October 17th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Orange County, CA was once the largest growing area of loquat in the United States, but was grown commercially throughout coastal California. And people bought and ate loquat. Pretty much, loquat grows wherever citrus grows. There are many varieties that have been selected over the years.
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