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Drought Tip: Avocados and water

Avocados are highly sensitive to salt and drought. This publication helps growers understand how cultural practices such as irrigation and tree canopy management can lessen the impact of drought on this fruit.

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Drought Tips for Vegetable Production

Contingency for drought should be part of every grower’s business plan in California. This publication outlines a range of strategies to consider for growing vegetables under a limited water supply.

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Dry Beans: 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.

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Onion/Garlic: 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.

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Sunflower Hybrid Seed Production in California

California's Sacramento Valley is world renowned as a premier location for sunflower seed production. This publication addresses all aspects of production for growing certified seed.

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Drought Tip: Drought Planning for Vegetable Production

Under drought conditions, growers often must estimate the potential water use of vegetable crops to determine how much land can be irrigated. This publication explains how to make these calculations.

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Garbanzo Bean (Chickpea) Production in California

In California, garbanzos are grown primarily as a high-end specialty product for the canning industry. This publication covers production from seed selection to harvesting and markets.

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Ground Squirrel: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

The California ground squirrel, Spermophilus beecheyi, is one of the most troublesome pests to homeowners and gardeners. It is found in nearly all regions of California except for the Owens Valley southward into the desert regions.

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Wildlife among the Oaks: A Management Guide for Landowners - PDF

This publication provides landowners with information to help make management decisions that affect wildlife in their oak woodland.

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Guidelines for Managing California's Hardwood Rangelands PDF

Helps landowners and managers of hardwood rangeland properties develop management plans that maintain the profitability of their properties while at the same time sustaining the ecological values provided by their land.

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Healthy, Happy Families Express

Use these eight handouts in programs aimed at improving children’s diet and nutrition in families with limited resources

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Drought Tip: Drought Strategies for Table and Oil Olive Production

Olive trees are drought tolerant, and trees can survive on shallow soils with little supplemental water beyond winter rainfall. Learn how to maximize yield while managing water resources during times of water scarcity.

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Safety of Carrageenan

The food additive carrageenan has been the subject of controversy in recent years, but it has not been associated with ill health effects and is included on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s list of “foods generally recognized as safe.”

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Sticky Trap Monitoring of Insect Pests - PDF

This is a practical guide to using traps properly, recording and interpreting catches, and developing controls. Includes magnified color photographs that show insects as they appear when caught in traps for easy identification.

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Agricultural Use of Wood Ash - PDF

Learn how to use wood-fueled power plant ash as a low-grade liming material and plant nutrient source in acid soils.

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Cole Crops: 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.

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Vineyards in an Oak Landscape - PDF

This publication provides information on the biological interactions between vineyards and oak woodlands. Topics include biodiversity, grape pests and diseases associated with native vegetation, and recommendations for minimizing environmental damage.

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How to Grow California Oaks - PDF

California's iconic native oaks are a vital part of the California ecosystem. Poor natural regeneration raises concerns about the long term fate of these species. Here you'll find successful techniques for growing oak trees.

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Life Stages of California Red Scale and Its Parasitoids-PDF

As an alternative to chemical pesticides, farmers can release natural enemies of California red scale. This leaflet helps growers evaluate the effectiveness of natural enemies by learning about the scale life cycle and signs of parasitism.

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Water, Root Media, and Nutrient Management for Greenhouse Crops

This user-friendly, practical guide was written for large and small greenhouse producers of containerized crops. Written by industry-based professionals and academics, its seventeen chapters demonstrate how water, root media, and fertilizer are integrated to optimize plant health, production efficiency, and the sustainability of resources and the environment.

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Brown Recluse and Other Recluse Spiders

The brown recluse is infrequently found in California. Yet people frequently relate stories in which a brown recluse in California bit them or someone they know. This publication was written in response to the confusion that exists regarding these spiders

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Packaging California Table Grapes

How to pack grape boxes, palletize and transport boxes to cold storage, and undertake forced-air cooling, initial fumigation, cold storage, storage room fumigation, and refrigerated transportation.

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Oak Woodland Invertebrates: The Little Things Count

This beautiful color publication is an excellent introductory guide to the minute animals called invertebrates that live in the oak woodland ecosystem in California. An excellent guide for anyone who wants to know more about this important ecosystem.

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Asian Citrus Psyllid & Huanglongbing Disease: Pest Notes for Home and Landscape

About the size of an aphid, Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) can carry Huanglongbing (HLB) disease, which poses a serious threat to citrus trees grown in California's home gardens and farms. Learn to identify and manage this pest and the disease it carries.

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