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Need continuing education credits? Good news! We have published a new course on how to identify, monitor and manage citrus #thrips. This is a great learning opportunity for #citrus growers and #pest management professionals and earns 1 CEU from @CA_Pesticides.https://campus.extension.

In honor of #HealthySoilsWeek2020, our healthy team would like to share background and an update on our healthy soils project @Limoneira in Santa Paula.

View as a webpage Think fungi are little more than moldy growths? Guess again. Scientists found one that creates fake flowers to attract insect pollinators.

The Fertilizer Research and Education Program has just published its 2020 proceedings. FREP was established in 1990 through legislative action to provide funding for research and education regarding the agronomically safe and environmentally sound use of fertilizer in California.

UF/IFAS researchers are working on a decision-support app to help policy makers and growers decide the best regional treatment options for laurel wilt disease, which is challenging Florida's $35 million-a-year avocado crop. Laurel wilt disease is spread by several ambrosia beetle vectors.