Agriculture

California inundated with invasive fruit flies Bodil Cass Extension Subtropics Entomologist, Dept of Entomology, UCR California is experiencing an unusually high number of invasive fruit fly infestations.

That's the key takeaway from a recent paper published by a team that included UC Merced and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources researchers. The paper dives into what those challenges are, how farmers are working to address them and what should come next.

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The way the strawberry industry grows plants really makes them a subtropical plant. The industry is located along the coast from Monterrey to San Diego, with the bulk around Salinas, Santa Maria and Oxnard. Oleg Daugovish looks after this industry from our office in Ventura.

In California's Northern San Joaquin Valley, crop leftovers such as almond shells, fruit peels and orchard trimmings can potentially be converted into sustainable bioproducts and biofuels with the right technology.

Symptoms of red leaf blotch (RLB), a plant disease caused by the fungus Polystigma amygdalinum, have been observed for the first time in California across the Northern San Joaquin Valley.

Satellite-based irrigation tools to manage irrigation water more precisely in avocado groves Ali Montazar, UCCE Irrigation and Water Management Advisor in San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial Counties The water requirement of a crop must be satisfied to achieve optimum potential yields.

Microirrigation systems include microsprinklers for tree crops, drip emitters for trees, vines, and some row crops, and drip tape for row and field crops. Microirrigation systems apply water to the soil through emitters that are installed along drip lines and contain very small flow passages.

Hot off the internet, a new edition of Topics in Subtropics, articles from UC subtropical horticulture folks Jul 9, 2024 Fatemeh Khodadadi, Editor Topics in this issue: Effectiveness of Asian citrus psyllid management in huanglongbing treatment zones in residential Southern California Managed honeyb...

At our last meeting, we had some questions about the approved uses of pendimethalin in California rice. There are several products labeled for use on rice with pendimethalin as the active ingredient. As of June 2024, pendimethalin registered products (on rice) include Prowl H2O, Prowl 3.