…to keep ACP and other insects out. Residents with backyard citrus trees in the quarantine area are asked not to transport or send citrus fruit or leaves, potted citrus trees,…
Fog Compensates for Low Elevation
…a moderate alternate bearing index of 0.63. However, flowering and nut yield of pistachio trees was a function of chill accumulation computed as chilling hours (CH), chill units (CU) or…
Viewing HLB Prevention as Insurance Policy
…An HLB infected tree can sometimes take a couple of years to show up as positive on the current test. With the outbreak of trees testing positive in the residential…
Understanding Cybercrime in Agriculture
…local nut companies. A sophisticated crime ring is hitting tree nut handlers by using shipping information obtained by hacking a Department of Transportation database, stealing trucking company identification, etc. Three…
Fresh Christmas Tree
…trees if properly cared for will last at least five weeks before drying out. Recycle your tree after Christmas. Many communities will pick up trees and turn them into chips….
ACP Quarantine in Northern San Mateo County Includes Portion of San Francisco County
…citrus trees and nursery stock, including all parts of citrus trees. Fruit is not regulated, however, before moving any citrus fruit out of the quarantine area it must be cleaned…
HLB Products Bombarding Growers
…needed to watch for additional infected trees. The disease may have already spread from this initial infection in Los Angeles in the bodies of psyllids to other citrus trees, or…
Picking a Christmas Tree
…have come from out of state and may have been exposed to drying winds in transit. They may have been cut weeks earlier.Buy trees early before the best trees have…
Marmorated Stink Bug: Just a Matter of Time
…trees, and leguminous crops. In the mid-Atlantic, the crops most affected are apple, pear, peach, nectarine, lima bean, snap pea, pepper, sweet corn, tomato, field corn, and soybean. Other identified…
American Pistachio Growers Visit China
…forward-thinking,” said Judy Hirigoyen, APG’s Vice President, Global Marketing. “We have an unusually small crop this year, but there are so many acres of new trees planted that they’re looking…
Walnuts and Calories
…drupaceous nut, and thus not a true botanical nut. It is used for food after being processed while green for pickled walnuts or after full ripening for its nutmeat. Nutmeat…
UC Davis Cracks the Walnut Genome
…California Walnut Board to develop genetic markers for use with classical walnut breeding. The first step was to sequence the walnut genome, which, unlike most major agricultural crops, had never…
Weather Can Predict Leaffooted Bug Pressure
…April to look for dropped nutlets (particularly on susceptible varieties), nuts with gummosis, and leaffooted bugs. Finding adult bugs is the best indication that a problem may arise, but the…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantine Expansion in Kern County
…with backyard citrus trees in the quarantine area are asked not to transport citrus fruit or leaves, potted citrus trees, or curry leaves from the quarantine area. ACP county-wide quarantines…