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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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Genus Citrus
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Citrus Explained

October 25th, 2021
Talon, M.; Caruso, M.; Gmitter Jr., F.G. eds. 2020. The Genus Citrus. Woodhead Publishing. 538 pp. ISBN 978-0-12-812163-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2016-0- 02375-6 Information overload is a signature dilemma of our age.
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Go for the Smell

October 25th, 2021
By Ben A Faber
It turns out, specially trained dogs can find citrus trees infested with Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP). Canine Detection Services in Fresno has a grant from USDA to provide dogs that will sniff out the insects. The grant runs until March 2022.
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hlb resistant rootstock
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HLB Resistant Rootstock!!!

October 22nd, 2021
By Ben A Faber
ARS Citrus Rootstocks: A Success Story The United Nations General Assembly designated 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. This issue of Down on the Farm takes a look at one of ARS's major contributions to fruit production: citrus rootstocks.
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avocado diversity
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Why Do Fruit Ripen?

October 20th, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Yuya Fukano and Yuuya Tachiki Published:15 September 2021https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0352 Fleshy fruits can be divided between climacteric (CL, showing a typical rise in respiration and ethylene production with ripening after harvest) and non-climacteric (NC, showing no rise).
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IPM character guiding course
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OMG!!!What Caused that Damage?

October 18th, 2021
New online course on diagnosing herbicide injury now available Petr Kosina, UC Statewide IPM Program A brand-new online course on Diagnosing Herbicide Injury focusing on how an herbicide injury situation can arise, what information can help diagnose symptoms during field investigations, and what too...
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