San Joaquin

This is one of a series of stories featuring a sampling of UC ANR academics whose work exemplifies the public value UC ANR brings to California.

The desire for the peace, exercise, produce, or the beauty gardening brings into our lives seems to be gaining in popularity as we progress toward the end of 2020. Again, this quarter's chores will concentrate on just four chores per month one per week.

Opportunities and challenges for industrial hemp production in California are being revealed in a series of UC Cooperative Extension research projects.

A question came up about managing root-knot nematodes in processing tomato and lima bean rotations. Root-knot nematodes are tiny worm-like soil dwelling pests that cause root galling on plant roots, resulting in significant yield and quality losses.

A few UC Cooperative Extension counties are hosting webinars. Below are a some weed science related topics. For more information on each webinar, click the corresponding link. WEBINAR Sep.

Dr. Hoddle presented about how to monitor and manage Argentine ant in citrus orchards with liquid baiting systems and discussed why ant management has such strong benefits for the suppression of sap-sucking pests by natural enemies.

After the destructive LNU Complex Fire burned through farms and ranches where Morgan Doran lives and works, he immediately volunteered to help families and local authorities take care of animal victims.

Last week, I visited a baby lima field in the southwest part of San Joaquin County that had overall poor pod set. Pods were filling lower in the canopy, but flowers had not set higher on the plants.

Last week, I visited a baby lima field in the southwest part of San Joaquin County that had overall poor pod set. Pods were filling lower in the canopy, but flowers had not set higher on the plants.

The Community Alliance with Family Farmers and UC Cooperative Extension are working with farmers to establish six demonstration sites in walnut orchards that will examine the effectiveness of mating disruption to control two major pests of the crop codling moth and navel orangeworm.