Nuts, Fruit & Nut Crops, Agricultural Production

Almond Leaf Scorch

Almond leaf scorch is a bacterial disease that kill otherwise healthy trees -- or, if undetected and untreated, entire orchards -- within just a few years. Learn to recognize the disease and take action early to save your trees and your livelihood.

Publication Number:: 8106

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Almond Production Manual

Provides information on all stages of almond production: from planting new orchards to managing bearing orchards and harvesting and handling. Contains practical information suited to field application. More than 80 color photos.

Publication Number:: 3364

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Almond: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

Download a free copy of these UC-approved guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticide use, and nonpesticide alternatives -- essential tools for anyone making pest management decisions in the field.

Publication Number:: 3431

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Chestnut Culture in California

Learn how to grow this sweet and increasingly marketable low-fat nut. Information on species and varieties, worldwide consumption, economics, and marketing; how to choose an orchard site, plant and maintain the orchard, harvest, and storage.

Publication Number:: 8010

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Codling Moth: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

Codling moth, Cydia (Laspeyresia) pomonella, is a serious insect pest of apples, pears, and English walnuts.

Publication Number:: 7412

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Controlling Offsite Movement of Agricultural Chemical Residues: Walnuts

This publication will help walnut growers reduce offsite movement of pesticides in surface water by walking you through a step-by-step step-by-step evaluation of your operation to identify potential problem areas. After completing the self assessment you

Publication Number:: 8460

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Cover Crops for Walnut Orchards

This handy publication discusses the benefits of cover cropping as well as the challenges of cover cropping that are unique to walnut orchards.

Publication Number:: 21627e

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Drought Tip: Drought Management for California Almonds

Almond trees have a great tolerance to drought conditions. Of course, that only covers tree survival. It's different for the nut crop, which may fall very low when available water is in short supply. Learn to make the best of what water IS available.

Publication Number:: 8515

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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for California Walnut Production

Water curtailments at any growth stage affect walnut crop productivity and quality. Here you'll learn about tree and walnut development stages and corresponding water use, along with related impacts of water deprivation.

Publication Number:: 8533

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Ferrisia gilli: A New Mealybug Pest of Pistachios and Other Deciduous Crops

Ferrisia gill is a mealybug species in California that affects pistachio plantings in 11 counties. Find out how to monitor and control the pest's spread using biological and chemical means.

Publication Number:: 8207

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Integrated Pest Management for Almonds--Second Edition

Our best-selling IPM guide for almonds covers 120 different pest problems including diseases, insects and mites, nematodes, vertebrate pests, and weeds. Illustrated with 259 photos and 69 line drawings and tables.

Publication Number:: 3308

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Integrated Pest Management for Walnuts-Third Edition

Includes comprehensive information on walnut crop pests, including identification tips, monitoring methods, treatment thresholds, biological controls, and other management techniques.

Publication Number:: 3270

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Managing Roof Rats and Deer Mice in Nut and Fruit Orchards

Rats, deer mice, and other vertebrate pests cause billions of dollars' worth of damage to fruit and nut crops every year. Learn to recognize signs of rodent damage and how to protect your trees and your crop.

Publication Number:: 8513

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Measuring Applied Water in Surface-Irrigated Orchards

A helpful guide on reducing agricultural runoff from irrigated properties caused by irrigation practices or winter rainfall.

Publication Number:: 8230

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Pecan: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

Download a free copy of these UC-approved guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticide use, and nonpesticide alternatives -- essential tools for anyone making pest management decisions in the field.

Publication Number:: 3456

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Pistachio Production Manual

The combined knowledge of 42 experts and years of research and field trials are brought to fruition in this 321 page manual. From an overview of the state of the industry to physiological disorders, the 8-part manual covers everything you need to know.

Publication Number:: 3545

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Pistachio: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines

Download a free copy of these UC-approved guidelines for pest monitoring techniques, pesticide use, and nonpesticide alternatives -- essential tools for anyone making pest management decisions in the field.

Publication Number:: 3461

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Producing Quality Almonds: Food Safety Starts on the Farm

The potential for contamination of almonds by harmful organisms increases during harvest when the nuts are dropped to the ground. Learn procedures that can reduce the potential for on-farm contamination of almonds.

Publication Number:: 8126

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Seasonal Guide to Environmentally Responsible Pest Mgmt Practices in Almonds PDF

This handy publication is a decision guide packed with information to help almond growers make environmentally responsible pest management decisions year-round without decreasing their yields or increasing their reject levels.

Publication Number:: 21619E

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Sediment Management Goals and Recommended Practices for Orchards and Vineyards

Specific steps you can take to minimize vineyard and orchard soil erosion and keep downstream waterways clean. Reference Sheet 3.5 in the Farm Water Quality Planning series.

Publication Number:: 8219

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Tree Fruit Pest Identification and Monitoring Cards

Carry these pocket-sized laminated cards in the field to identify and monitor major insect and mite pests and several important diseases.

Publication Number:: 3426

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Using the Pressure Chamber for Irrigation Management in Walnut, Almond and Prune

The pressure chamber (or pressure bomb) is a device fruit and nut growers can use to measures a tree's stem water potential at midday—and so determine exactly how much irrigation water to apply and when. Learn the ins and outs of this excellent tool.

Publication Number:: 8503

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Vegetative Filter Strips for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control in Agriculture

Irrigated orchards, vineyards, and row crops have high erosion rates. The vegetative filter strip (VFS) offers one way to control erosion rates and keep soil in the field rather than letting it be carried off site in drainage water.

Publication Number:: 8195

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Walnut Husk Fly: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

The primary damage from the husk fly is staining of the nutshell; a problem in commercial orchards where nuts are grown for in-shell sale, but it can be tolerated in backyard situations. An early-season infestation may result in shriveled, moldy kernels.

Publication Number:: 7430

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