Pest management

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Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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Apr 8 2025

Integrated Pest Management--Managing pest with environmentally sound methods, and answers to your "bugly" problems.   Come and hear about multiple techniques for effective pest control that are the least toxic.  Discover methods to keep bad pests away and encourage beneficial insects, all…
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Vegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic Systems

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May 1 2025

Join UCCE Imperial County extension adviser's as they present theVegetable Production and IPM for Conventional and Organic SystemsThis workshop will feature presentations on various aspects of agriculture in Southwest desert region including vegetable disease updates and management, emergent…
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Growing Avocados on the Central Coast

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Apr 24 2025

Did you know you can grow great avocados in our cool foggy summers?Join our online workshop to learn all about avocados!Find out which varieties do best in our Monterey Bay area, how to choose a good tree and how to plant it properly, how to care for and fertilize your tree as well as protect it from pests…
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Wild World of Wasps! - Online

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Jul 17 2025

Wasps are a very diverse group of insects. Some species can be nuisance pests, creating galls on plants and stinging people, but many others are beneficial pollinators and predators of pests, such as aphids. And some wasps are just cool! In this webinar, we will discuss different behaviors of wasps and some…
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2025 First Report-- April 2

April 2nd, 2025
By Patricia A Lazicki
General situation, thrips population developmentPlanting is in full swing. Temperatures and precipitation this spring are close to historic norms, and the thrips population predictions are very similar to those we saw last year. We’re currently at the peak of 1st-generation adults; they’ll be laying their…
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Peach Leaf Curl

 Fungal disease that affects the blossoms, fruit, leaves, and shoots of peaches, ornamental flowering peaches, and nectarines. One of the most common disease problems for backyard gardeners growing these trees. When severe, the disease can reduce fruit production substantially. The loss of leaves and…
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Olive growers, enthusiasts invited to UC olive webinar April 4

March 14th, 2025
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Growers and others interested in growing table olives or olives for making olive oil are invited to a California Statewide Olive Seminar on Friday, April 4. The online seminar, a series of presentations from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., is sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension and UC…
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