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Kearney Research and Extension Center, University of California Cooperative Extension California is the major producer of fresh market citrus in the U.S., a $2 billion industry that is threatened by a devastating disease called citrus Huanglongbing (HLB).

At a recent conference in Florida, University of Florida entomologist Daniel Carrillo reported some very disturbing news.

There's a lot of work being done in Florida on a pest/disease complex like we have here with Shot Hole Borer and Fusarium fungus Fusarium Dieback. This hits avocados and a lot of other native trees like sycamore, willow and coast live oak.

Newly appointed UC Cooperative Extension agricultural engineering advisor Alireza Pourreza has been awarded the 2016 Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize by the Club of Bologna, an honor presented every other year to the best doctoral dissertations focused on agricultural machinery and mechanization.

Calcareous soils have often more than 15% CaCO3 in the soil that may occur in various forms (powdery, nodules, crusts etc). They are relatively widespread in the drier areas of the earth.