By Randall G Mutters, Christopher A Greer, Luis A Espino
Every year variety trials are established throughout Californias rice production areas. The trials are a cooperative effort between UCCE and the Rice Experiment Station (RES).
Kent McKenzie, Rice Experiment Station (RES) Director, has announced that foundation rice seed produced in 2011 has been cleaned and sampled for germination and purity evaluations. The price of foundation seed will be $40.00 per cwt in 2012.
During 2010 and 2011, the distribution of rice blast in California expanded considerably. The disease was found in areas where it typically had not been a problem in the past. Yolo County is one of these areas.
The University of California Cooperative Extension is conducting a survey of pest management practices of stored rice in California. The objective of the survey is to improve our understanding of the kind of pest problems growers, dryers and mills encounter while storing rough rice.
