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Top 5 Things You Can Do Now to Improve Walnut Quality at Harvest
Depending on the California growing region, walnut harvest 2022 is at least several months down the road. Does…
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Category: Disease
Almonds
Identifying Trunk and Scaffold Disease of Almonds
With 26 fungal species associated with canker disease, it is important for growers and farm managers to determine…
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Disease
Mite Pressure Up in Walnuts
PCAs and growers reported high mite pressure in walnuts last year, particularly in the Sacramento and northern San…
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Disease
Winter Prep in Walnuts
December and January provide ideal opportunities for walnut growers to get a head start on weed and disease…
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Disease
Five Things That Worked for Pest Control in 2021 — and a Few Things That Didn’t
PCAs interviewed at the 2021 Crop Consultant Conference and in the field emphasized nutrition, sanitation, tracking degree days…
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Disease
Almond Leaf Scorch: A Periodic Disease in Almonds
An almond disease that has been present in California since at least the 1950s raised concerns last year…
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Disease
Biopesticides Complement Traditional Insecticides for Resistance Management and Residue Limits
With biopesticide use, it’s more about returns and less about risk. It is a safe bet that most…
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Disease
Time Orchard Mowing Right to Reduce Dust and Potential Disease
Reducing dust in almond orchards for mite control has been a common practice. Roads are watered, graveled or…
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Disease
Managing Hull Rot is No Easy Matter
With proper fungicide applications, regulated deficit irrigation and adherence to a nitrogen management plan, a grower should be…
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Disease
Ganoderma Butt Rot: New Fungal Species Fells Young Trees
Until 2016, when UC Davis plant pathologists David Rizzo and Andrew “Bob” Johnson identified a species of the…
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