Topics in Subtropics

Avocado Irrigation
April 16 (1 -3 PM)
 

Water Knowledge is
Power Knowledge

In-Person and Zoom
 
Topics and Speakers
 
Sources of ET information and their Reliability
By Ali Montazar - UCCE Irrigation Advisor, Imperial/San Diego/ Riverside counties
 
 
Selecting Irrigation Emitters-Drip vs Microsprinkler
Stu Styles - Cal Poly SLO Irrigation Training and Education Center
 
We would love to meet you in person at
The San Diego County Farm Bureau (420 S Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025)
 

If you cannot attend the meeting, register through our Zoom link.
 
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HOW to IRRIGATE in ONE text

March 13, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Microirrigation for Crop Production: Design, Operation, and Management, Second Edition is the latest release in this go-to foundational resource for the basics of engineering and the science of the design and operation of micoirrigation systems.
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oriental fruit fly five sisters
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Staying Up to Date on Fruit Flies

March 11, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Invasive Fruit Flies California is currently experiencing an unusually high?number?of invasive fruit fly?detections, resulting in quarantines being established across numerous California counties, including Ventura County.
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IRCHLB 2023
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International Research Conference on HLB - Riverside

March 8, 2024
By Ben A Faber
International Research Conference on HLB Here in California The International Research Conference on Huanglongbing VII (IRCHLB VII) is just around the corner! The California citrus industry is excited to welcome researchers, regulators, and citrus industry members from around the world to the Golden...
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Praise the Rain, Pass the Fungicide

March 6, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Although, it's probably too late for the fungicide to correct Citrus Brown Rot and Septoria on coastal lemons. In normal rainfall years, a skirt spray of copper is done to prevent rain splash bringing spores of various Phytophthora species in contact with fruit.
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Boron on Olives?

March 4, 2024
Pre-bloom foliar boron application on olive may improve yield Ellie Andrews, PhD, UCCE Farm Advisor, Sonoma County, and Elizabeth Fichtner, PhD, UCCE Farm Advisor, Tulare County Olive orchards entering an OFF year in 2024 may benefit from pre-bloom foliar boron (B) applications to support reproducti...
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