…of Alternaria management. “Quash is really good about that. Quash is the foremost triazole, Group 3 fungicide that has very good activity on Alternaria as well as scab and shothole…
Grape Growers Facing Odd Year for Disease Pressures
…this early or any time until bloom. So, there’s a high propensity to get leaf botrytis, which is just botrytis infecting the leaf. Which in turn, when the blooms come…
Agronomic Minute: Staying Vigilant Against Alternaria
…should be looking out for late blight, or Alternaria alternata. It basically requires warm temperatures and leaf wetness to infect almonds and tree nuts,” Rieser explained. “Right now, with this…
Almond Update: Staying Efficient with Nitrogen Plans
…70 percent leaf out starts and adjust fertigation rates according to your fruit load, to your fruit set,” Saa explained. “Before that, it will not be efficient. You will have…
Agronomic Minute: Protecting Pistachio Orchards from Disease
…noted. “If the orchard does have a history of Botryosphaeria panicle, or shoot blight, you really want to treat when the panicles or the flower clusters appear in the spring.”…
Agronomic Minute: Taking an Integrated Crop Health Approach
…outcomes. One of the ways that the ProNutiva approach has shown promise is in helping combat bloom diseases in walnuts. Rieser said that growers dealing with walnut blight in orchards…
Officials Respond to Confirmed ACP Discovery in Sonoma
Adult Asian citrus psyllid on a citrus leaf. USDA/ARS Photo by David Hall Asian Citrus Psyllid (ACP) has been confirmed in Sonoma Valley. Local officials with the Sonoma County Department…
Almond Matters: On the Brink of Almond Bloom
…But if there’s no rain in the forecast you can probably do a petal fall spray and get by with it.” Blossom blight can be a particular issue for growers….
Agronomic Minute: Staying on Top of Bacterial Blast
…water and splash, to infect other cuts, leaf scars, and buds may be infected on the almond, cherry, or peaches and other plants as well,” Rieser noted. “Pruning wounds and…
Virus Undercuts Fungus’s Attacks on Wheat
…a costly fungal threat to wheat, barley, and other small-grain crops. The fungus is the chief culprit behind a disease called Fusarium head blight, or “scab.” Scab diminishes the yield…
Almond Matters: Fleabane and Marestail Management
…reach the plant. The waxy cuticle on the leaf makes the weeds hydrophobic, which complicates material absorption. Burkdoll notes that a program that includes Chateau to address preemergent activity, mixed…
Agronomic Minute: Keeping Walnut Blight Top of Mind
…to make applications. There are a variety of materials available to growers to help protect orchards from walnut blight damage. “More traditional application programs for managing walnut blight would include…
FDA Conducting Targeted Sampling of Leafy Greens in Salinas Valley
As part of the continued effort to increase food safety, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be conducting targeted sampling of leafy greens. On-farm surveillance sampling of leafy…
Almond Update: ABC Board of Directors Begins Its New Term
…the Board is Brandon Rebiero from Gold Leaf, who was an alternate but was elected in the last election cycle to be a full Board member for three years,” said…