…temperatures fall below critical levels, even a two-degree increase can prevent crop losses. For the navel orange crop, growers ran wind machines for an average of 6 to 8 hours…
NOW Damage Bigger Issue Than Growers Think
Almond growers are reporting some significant damage caused by navel orangeworm (NOW) this year. The increased presence of the pest is partially due to weather conditions complicating management efforts. UC…
Entomologist Frank Zalom Delivers 2017 ARS B. Y. Morrison Memorial Lecture at ASHS Conference
…first helped develop and then implemented a pest management program for the navel orangeworm—a key almond pest—that has been widely adopted by California growers. As a result, damage from this…
Lowest Navel Orange Projection in Nine Years
The California Department of Food and Agriculture released the initial expectations for 2017-18 Navel orange production this week. The forecast is estimating 70 million cartons of production, based on the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, September 4
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of September 4. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, August 28
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of August 28. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, August 21
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of August 21. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, August 14
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of August 14. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, August 7
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of August 7. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, July 31
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of July 31. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, July 24
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of July 24. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Almond Board: Reducing Harvest Dust
…a clean, dry orchard floor. Almonds should be harvested as soon as possible after they have matured to avoid quality loss and to minimize exposure to navel orangeworm and the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, July 17
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of July 17. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachios, July 10
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of July 10. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…