Topics in Subtropics

• Predicting Water Demand Along the Coast Versus in the Valley
• Avocado Farm Families Still Healing, More Than a Decade Later: What Lessons Have We Learned About Fire Readiness and Prevention?
• Olive Oil Chemistry - Let's Talk About Quality

Announcements

• Breakfast IPM Meeting: Citrus IPM and Chlorpyrifos Regulatory Update
• Macadamia Association Annual Field Day

• Did a newly introduced fukumoto navel budline from Spain perform better than the California budline in the San Joaquin Valley?
• What values should olive growers use for estimating crop nitrogen removal at harvest?
• UC Davis Olive Center: UC mastering milling certificate course

• Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) update for avocado growers
• Weed Management in Citrus
• UC Davis Olive Center: Sensory Evaluation of Olive Oil Certificate Courses
• Water Terminology
• Olive Quick Decline in Italy is associated with unique strain of Xylella fastidiosa

• The Clegg Collection: A Valuable Resource
• Impacts of the recent drought conditions on Central Coast avocado production, and potential impacts of continued drought conditions
• Zinc and Phosphorus
• Recent findings on polyphagous shot hole borer/Fusarium dieback on avocado

• Simazine Degradation in CA Citrus Orchards
• Lime-induced Iron Chlorosis
• Avocado Trunk Cankers
• Asphyxiation
• Tree Wraps
• Stem and Leaf Blight

• Quarantine for Huanglongbing Declared in Hacienda Heights Section of Los Angeles County
• An Outline of Management Options for HLB in Florida
• Avocado Farming with High Priced Water
• Soil Moisture Sensors 

• Vertebrate Damage
• Chemical Thinning of Olives
• Tips on Producing the Earliest Early Citrus in the San Joaquin Valley
• Herbicide Registration Chart
• Resource and Market Information for Enterprise Selection

• Organic Herbicides: Do They Work?
• Snake Oil: Horticultural Myths and Legends
• Success Story Before There is a Problem

• NRCS Announces Initiative to Improve Agricultural Energy Efficiency
  
• Periwinkle Provides Ammunition in the War on Citrus Plague
  
• Do We Really Need Scientific Irrigation Scheduling?
  
• Farmers Should Make a Skin Check a Priority
  
• Feeding Habits of California Ground Squirrels and their Role in Management
  
• Squirrel Calendar - English
  
• Squirrel Calendar - Spanish

• Microirrigation, Fertilizers and Clogging
  
• Chemical Treatment to Prevent System Clogging
  
• Cultural Practices to Reduce Pest and Disease in Avocado and Citrus
  
• Laruel Wilt Update
  
• The Parent Washington Navel Orange Tree (part 2) - Its Decline and Recovery

• 'Valentine,' A Recently Released Anthocyanin-pigmented Pummelo Hybrid Developed at the University of California Riverside
  
• A Sabbatical Message from Gary Bender
  
• The University of California-Riverside Citrus Variety Collection and Citrus Clonal Protection Program Websites Provide Information, Photographs, Fruid Quality Data and More
  
• Water Infiltration Problems
  
• Attention San Joaquin Valley Citrus Growers: What Do You Plan to Do If It Comes for You?

• Ag Waivers for San Diego County
  
• Spray Adjuvants; what’s in a Name?
  
• Strategizing for Water Cutbacks - Is there a Logical Method?

• Avocado Research in Ventura County
  
• Laurel Wilt Disease Conference and Tour in Florida and Georgia
  
• Managing Insecticide Resistance will be Key to the Future of Effective Citrus Pest Management
  
• Smart Sprayers Make Sense
  
• Notice to All Subscribers

• Dothiorella Leaf and Stem Blight
  
• Irrigation Stress and Early-Navel Fruit Maturity
  
• Notice to All Growers

• New Registration for the Biocontrol Plantshield HC Against Hyphoderma Gummosis of Citrus
  
• Atmometers for Irrigation Management
  
• Asian Citrus Psyllid has Arrived in San Diego County