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In recent years, several organic herbicide products have appeared on the market.

Just when you thought you had seen as much citrus infestation as you were likely to seek, in comes Jane Delahoyde, a Pest Control Advisor in Ventura with some lace bugs on lemons. Lace bugs are pretty specific to a host species.

Capturing Precipitation - How much rainfall do I need to capture? Managing precipitation to your advantage is really a three step process (Lal and Stewart, 2012).

It is possible to blame a lot of things on the Drought, and here's another one. There have been reports of damaged fruit from the leaffooted bug - Leptoglossus occidentalis, although there are other species. This is a relative of stinkbugs which we have been seeing quite a number of this year.

Soil likes to be covered at all times. It doesn't want to be exposed to the elements, so you either cover it (plants, asphalt, paper etc.) or it will cover it for you with plants (weeds). If it can't be covered fast enough, it disappears erodes.