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April 16 (1 -3 PM)

Water Knowledge is
Power Knowledge

In-Person and Zoom

Topics and Speakers

Sources of ET information and their Reliability

By Ali Montazar - UCCE Irrigation Advisor, Imperial/San Diego/ Riverside counties

Selecting Irrigation Emitters-Drip vs Microsprinkler

Stu Styles - Cal Poly SLO Irrigation Training and Education Center

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Fungal Control of Citrus Canker Bacteria

July 25, 2018

By Ben A Faber

Brazilian researchers have identified activity against Xanthomonas citri in 29 fungi isolated from samples collected in Antarctica; one of the compounds inhibited reproduction of the bacterium by up to 98 percent Fundao de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de So Paulo A research team at the So Paulo State...

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Start Poking Around and See What You Will Find in Your Orchard

July 23, 2018

A recent request from the San Diego area has prompted the reposting of this blog by Guy Kyser, UC Davis Plant Sciences Specialist http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.

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Wax Scale Again

July 20, 2018

By Ben A Faber

It's been quiet for awhile, just odd winter weather and fire and ash and hot hot heat andsuddenly we see a beautiful insect we haven't seen in a while. Jarrell Larmon is a PCA who was nosing around in a Satsuma orchard and he turned up a Barnacle Scale, the likes we havent seen in about 4 years.

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ACP - Early Detection Techniques

July 18, 2018

Western Plant Protection Network at UC Davis https://www.npdn.org/system/files/WPDN%20Newsletter%20-%202018-07-12.pdf Early detection technologies (EDTs) are tests that indicate the presence of disease before signs or symptoms of the disease can be seen.

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