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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)
 

If you cannot attend the meeting, register through our Zoom link.
 
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beneficial wasp G. brasiliensis Daane
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Beneficial Wasp Coming Our Way?

July 25th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Kym Pokorny - Oregon State University Destructive Pest of Cherry, Grapes, Peaches, Blueberry, Fig and Lots of Other Fruit to Come Under Wasp Control? Corvallis, Ore.
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glassy winged sharpshooter
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Editing Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter

July 20th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
Jules L Bernstein Senior Public Information Officer Email (951) 827-4580 Scientists at UC Riverside have a shot at eradicating a deadly threat to vineyards posed by the glassy-winged sharpshooter, just as its resistance to insecticide has been growing.
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ACP mounted
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Positive ACP Found in San Diego

July 18th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
CLas-positive Asian citrus psyllid found in commercial grove in Pauma Valley, San Diego County An Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) sample confirmed positive for Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) the bacteria that causes Huanglongbing (HLB) was collected from a commercial citrus grove in the Pauma...
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Inarching for HLB Resistance

July 15th, 2022
By Ben A Faber
A recent article in Citrograph recounts studies in introducing tolerance/resistance to huanglongbing by inarching. This is a method that could potentially improve the productivity of trees that are already in the ground.
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