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New Topics in Subtropics Newsletter

August 29, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Summer has come and we have a new newsletter to cover this period.  Read on the following topics:• The Role of Pollinators in Avocado Production  • Is that a Fruit Fly? • Sivanto Labeled for Control of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug in Dates • Consperse Stink Bug • Insights on 2025 Honey Bee…
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Topics in Subtropics Summer 2025

August 29, 2025
TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE• The Role of Pollinators in Avocado Production • Is that a Fruit Fly? • Sivanto Labeled for Control of Pink Hibiscus Mealybug in Dates • Consperse Stink Bug • Insights on 2025 Honey Bee Losses • Upcoming Meetings
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Topics in Subtropics Spring 2025

June 25, 2025
TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE• Bifenthrin application added as an option to Fuller Rose Beetle Mitigation with Voluntary Sampling to Reduce Pesticide Application• Selective Egg Staining: a New Tool to Support Breeding of Whitefly Resistant Crops• Sunblotch! New Tools to Spot This SneakyAvocado Thief• The Avocado Cone…
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New Topics in Subtropics Newsletter

June 25, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Its out.  Check it out. The Spring edition of Topics in Subtropics quarterly newsletter covering all things subtropical at some point in time.  Bodil Cass, our entomology specialist at UC Riverside is the editor.Editor: Bodil Cass Spring 2025TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE• Bifenthrin application…
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New Topics in Subtropics Newsletter

April 4, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Newsletter from the Subtropical Tree Crop Farm Advisors in Californiahttps://ucanr.edu/county-office/cooperative-extension-ventura-county/collection/topics-subtropics     Topics in Subtropics Winter 2025  TOPICS IN THIS ISSUEDate Production OverviewGuidelines for Managing…
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Topics in Subtropics Winter 2025

March 11, 2025
This edition includes the following:Date Production OverviewGuidelines for Managing Grape Powdery MildewDry Root Rot of Citrus: a Persistent Threat Caused by Fusarium solani in CaliforniaPest Scouting Reports Needed for Research Study Avocado Leaves Evolved to Handle Wetness Avocado Guide from Down…
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Topics in Subtropics Fall 2024

December 31, 2024
This edition includes the following: Preparing Frost Protection Measures The National Clean Plant Network, with emphasis on the National Clean Plant Network Citrus Development of integrated pest management for huanglongbing (HLB) in Florida...
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