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Nut Crops
Benefits of Cover Crops in Nut Orchards Depend on Site and Region
Integrating cover crops into tree nut orchards can promote soil health and dust reduction benefits, but achieving the…
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Hazelnuts
Know Your Nurseryman
In the mid-1980s, a new disease threatened to wipe out the entire U.S. hazelnut industry. Eastern filbert blight…
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Almonds
Self-Fertile Almonds Gain in Popularity
Self-fertile almond varieties that don’t require a pollinizer, need fewer or even no beehives to set a crop…
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Almonds
Resurgence of Perennial Phytophthora Canker Disease of Almonds
Many species of Phytophthora continue to cause serious losses in California almond orchards. Collectively, these pathogens affect almond…
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Almonds
A Day in the Life of a Grower, Handler
This February, the Almond Board of California (ABC) hosted more than 20 influential supply chain stakeholders at its…
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Walnuts
The Next Generation of Walnut Rootstock Aims at Resistance to Soil-Borne Pathogens
A multi-disciplinary collaboration is underway to develop and deploy walnut rootstocks with resistance to the major soil-borne pathogens,…
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Irrigation
Take Advantage of Fertigation Opportunities
Tree nut growers using pressurized irrigation systems in their orchards have the opportunity to fertigate, but may not…
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Ag Industry
Finding Practical Alternatives to Agricultural PPE During the Current Shortage
In March, a national emergency was declared for the novel Coronavirus and the Defense Production Act invoked to…
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Caring for Newly Planted Pecan Trees
Water, weed and nutrition management for a newly planted pecan orchard is necessary to achieve long term production…
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Water Sampling for Improved Orchard Health
Whether groundwater or surface delivery, having an accurate analysis of your irrigation water early in the season will…
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Estimating N Demand in an ‘On’ Year for Pistachio
There was a time when the recommendation for nitrogen in an ‘on’ year for pistachio trees was to…
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Husk Fly Monitoring Begins
Walnut growers who had walnut husk fly damage last year should plan on monitoring for adult fly activity…
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