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Walnut Pest Management: Walnut Husk Fly & Pacific Flatheaded Borer
It seems that growers are always battling pests in order to protect their crops. While we looked into…
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Category: Walnuts
Pest
Increasing Evidence of Pacific Flatheaded Borer Attack in Walnut Orchards in California
Background and Pest Status Flatheaded borer is a larval stage of one specialized group of beetles (Insect family-Buprestidae),…
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Walnuts
FSMA Produce Safety Inspections: What to Expect
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was passed in 2011 to help prevent foodborne illness outbreaks. Under the…
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Walnut Pest Management: Navel Orangeworm and Codling Moth
There are a few pests that have reached what seems like celebrity status in the tree nut industry,…
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Walnuts
Preparing Walnut Trees for Winter
Fully dormant mature walnut trees can tolerate temperatures into the low 20’s or below, so long as trees…
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Almonds
Grower Profile: Vanella Farms
In 1968, Bob Vanella bought ten acres in Chico, California. His son, Ryan Vanella recalls the story of…
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Walnuts
Nitrogen in Walnuts—What, When, Where and how Much
To know how to correctly use nitrogen in walnut orchards, you first have to know some of the…
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Walnuts
The Call of the Wild: Taming the Sleeping Dragon Bot of Walnut
In the last decade or so, we observed an unusual high incidence of diseases caused by fungi in…
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Walnuts
Ethephon Applications
Two objectives in using the plant growth regulator Ethephon in walnut production are an earlier harvest and a…
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Walnuts
Hedgerow Planting has Benefits and Drawbacks
A Chandler walnut hedging and whisking trial on an 11-year-old Chandler block was the topic of discussion for…
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