Tulare

After 36 years as an agronomist/weed science advisor with UC Cooperative Extension, Steven Wright retired June 30.

Extension Specialist in Biological Control, Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, CA 92521mark.hoddle@ucr.

View a four-minute video. A tell-tale sign of spring in California is a flush of new leaf growth on citrus trees.

Elizabeth Fichtner1, Dani Lightle2, Dan Flynn3, Rodrigo Krugner4 UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Tulare1, Kings1, Glenn2, Tehama2, and Butte2 Counties, UC Davis Olive Center3, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center4 The recent outbreak of the plant bacte...

Well it came again, the Citrus Tasting at Lindcove Research and Education Center in Lemon Grove near Exeter, close to Visalia and just down the road from Fresno and up from Tulare. They came, growers to see and taste new and old varieties.

TYPES OF NATURAL ENEMIES Parasites, pathogens, and predators are the primary groups used in biological control of insects and mites (Table 1). Most parasites and pathogens, and many predators, are highly specialized and attack a limited number of closely related pest species.

Sonia Rios, a recently hired UC Cooperative Extension Subtropical Horticulture Advisor in Riverside and San Diego Counties was honored with a Dean's Graduate Medalist award from Fresno State University.

Congratulations to Dr.

SACRAMENTO An additional portion of Fresno County along its southern border with Tulare County has been placed under quarantine for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) following the detections of ACP in two locations in an unincorporated area of northern Tulare County near the City of Orange Cove.

Education: Rios completed an M.S. in Plant Science with an emphasis in Weed Science from California State University, Fresno, a B.S.