Agriculture

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Figure 1: Happy bees and the cover crops. Photo by Samikshya Budhathoki.
Climate Smart Agriculture: Article

Grower Profile #5: Steven Cardoza, Fresno California

June 10, 2021
By Kristian M Salgado-Jacobo
Steven Cardoza farms 300 acres of organic raisin grapes with his father in Fresno County, California. He met with us recently to share his experiences with cover cropping and more broadly, his transition towards regenerative agriculture.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

A Drought Tolerant Avocado?

June 9, 2021
By Ben A Faber
University of California scientists have discovered genetic data that will help food crops like tomatoes and rice survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet.
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A pocket gopher pokes its head and most of its body out of a burrow in loose, damp soil next to a drip irrigation line in a crop row.
Green Blog: Article

New guide helps organic growers manage burrowing rodents

June 8, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Burrowing rodents can cause extensive and expensive damage to orchards and crop fields. To manage the pests without chemicals used on conventional farms, organic growers can consult a new publication from UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientists.
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Citrus Webinar Series

June 8, 2021
By Ben A Faber
The Citrus Research Board (CRB), in coordination with the University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program (UC IPM), will hold the first and second webinars of the 2021 CRB Webinar Series on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, and Tuesday, June 8, 2021.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

The Perfect Flower

June 7, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Communications Director Cornell University Wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it's only happened twice in nature in the last 6 million years. And since the domestication of the grapevine 8,000 years ago, breeding has continued to be a gamble.
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Table 2. Percent control compared to untreated control by biomass at 14 Days After Treatment of 2 known susceptible late watergrass populations (Susceptible 1 and Susceptible 2), and 10 unknown watergrass populations (identified by county and sample number).
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Weeds to Watch Out for in Rice in 2021: Watergrass and Weedy Rice (with some management tips)

June 6, 2021
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
Watergrass We are having more and more difficulties controlling watergrass over the past 20 or so years. We know that as of the early 2000s, we had found multiple-herbicide resistant late watergrass (also known as mimic), as well as multiple-herbicide resistant barnyardgrass.
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2021 May5 SFREC3
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

What’s Your Go-To Drought Strategy?

June 5, 2021
By Daniel K Macon, Grace Woodmansee
Help Us Pilot-Test a New Decision-Support Tool! By now, most of us are well aware that we're in the second year of another significant drought. A growing proportion of Northern California is classified as D4 by the U.S. Drought Monitor. And we're coming off one of the driest rainy seasons in memory.
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