…produced stunning, high-resolution images that, for the first time, identified the mite’s “hiding spots” deep within rose flowers and leaf buds. The images showed the mite at the base of…
The Bleeding Heart Plant and How to Grow it
…in these situations. Add a good amount of well-rotted leaf mold or farmyard manure to the planting hole to help your Bleeding Heart plant grow strong. There aren’t any specific…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 03-28-19
…update on monitoring Blight in Colusa County. A total of nine California counties were declared primary natural disaster areas due to drought and now USDA is offering producers in those…
Monitoring Southern Blight in Colusa County
After southern blight showed up in several tomato fields in the Sacramento Valley, researchers began work to quantify the spread and impact of the disease in annual rotations in the…
ACP Found in Sacramento
…psyllid (ACP) following the detection of one ACP in Sacramento’s Lemon Hill area. The quarantine prohibits the movement of citrus and curry leaf tree nursery stock and all plant parts,…
How to Care for Your Lavender Plants
…yearly layer of well-aged compost spread on the soil surface in the bed will suffice. Over-fertilizing will cause excessive leaf development and fewer flowers. Lavender is cold sensitive so you…
PCAs Examine a Top California Grape Challenge: Mealybug
…leafroll associated viruses. Not only can these diseases reduce yield by up to 40 percent, they also cause leaf discoloration, lower fruit quality and can affect production in future seasons….
Study Results Help Understand Red Blotch Disease
…specialist Kaan Kurtural, one of the study authors. According to the report, sucrose and its monosaccharides were the vast majority of soluble sugars found in the leaves. The leaf sugar…
Mechanical Pruning Becoming More Viable for Grape Producers
…and several young third-leaf varieties on a single high-wire and a modified California sprawl (low-wire) trellis. Zhuang noted he was also testing the affects of pruning such young vines. Mechanical…
Combatting Sugarcane Aphid in Sorghum
…is the trade name for it, has actually been very effective in trials. When you spray it on leaves it moves systemically from the leaf it’s on and continues moving…
We’ve Got You Covered. With Quality Copper.
…Small, but mighty control. ChampION++ offers superior copper particle distribution for outstanding coverage and disease control. Smaller, more consistent particles provide more thorough leaf coverage compared to fewer large particles…
More Produce Recalled from E. coli Outbreak
…red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, and cauliflower they produced from November 27 to November 30 in particular fields. The recall is entirely voluntary, and Adam Bros. said in a…
Combatting ACP by Removing Abandoned Citrus Farms
Adult Asian citrus psyllid on a citrus leaf. USDA/ARS Photo by David Hall Last year, Tulare County developed a plan to remove dead or abandoned citrus trees as one of…
Particle Size Does Matter
The key to disease control with copper is coverage: the more uniformly and completely leaf surfaces are covered, the better the performance. Nufarm’s Copper Champs contain more precisely-sized particles, and…