Foothill Farm and Orchards Newsletter

In this issue:

• Spotted Wing Drosophila Update 2011

In this issue:

• Special Spotted Wing Drosophila Update

SPECIAL DISEASE ISSUE:

• APPLE SCAB TRIAL RESULTS: 3 YEARS OF LOCAL STUDIES
• EXCERPTS FROM THE U.C. “EFFICACY AND TIMING OF FUNGICIDES, BACTERICIDES, AND BIOLOGICALS FOR DECIDUOUS TREE FRUIT, NUT CROPS AND GRAPEVINES 2006”:WALNUTS, APPLE&PEAR, CHERRIES, GRAPEVINES, PEACH AND NECTARINE
• CENTRAL VALLEY POSTHARVEST NEWSLETTER INCLUDED-SUBSCRIBE NOW TO RECEIVE FUTURE ISSUES (SUBSCRIPTION FORM ATTACHED)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

• WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT DIAZINON?
• WHAT GROWERS CAN DO TO ENSURE PESTICIDES LIKE DIAZINON DO NOT REACH OUR WATERS
• CODLING MOTH UPDATE: RESULTS FROM FIELD TRIALS WITH GRANULOSIS VIRUS
• CHRISTMAS TREE CORNER: NORDMANN FIR TRIALS EXPANDING; NOW IS THE TIME TO CONTROL WEEDS!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

• WATER QUALITY AND THE NEW CONDITIONAL WAIVERS FOR IRRIGATED LANDS
• PHYTOPHTHORA TRIAL IN CHRISTMAS TREES SHOWS SPECIES CAN OFFER DISEASE RESISTANCE
• PLANNING FOR U.C. COOPERATIVE EXTENSION’S FUTURE: STAKEHOLDERS HAVE A CHANCE TO JOIN IN DURING STATEWIDE “LISTENING SESSIONS”.
• UCWEBSITES HAVE A NEW LOOK-CHECK THEM OUT!
• UC/USDA RELEASE VIGOR/SIZE CONTROLLING PEACH-PLUM HYBRID ROOTSTOCKS TO NURSERIES

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

• UPDATE ON CODLING MOTH: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
• APPLE SCAB TRIAL UNDERWAY
• STONE FRUIT GROWER MEETING HIGHLIGHTS: KEVIN DAY ON GROWING QUALITY FRUIT
• INTERNET RESOURCES: GET ONLINE FOR INFORMATION!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

• WHAT’S NEW FOR CODLING MOTH CONTROLS
• EARWIG CONTROL FOR PEACHES AND NECTARINES: ACT NOW OR PAY LATER!
• CHEMICAL THINNING GUIDELINES FOR APPLES

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

• NOTES FROM THE PLACERGROWN CONFERENCE:
• TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL FARMERS’ MARKET
• BLUEBERRY PRODUCTION
• MARKETING TO RESTAURANTS
• Chilling hours accumulated for El Dorado county
• FOOTHILL WALNUT GROWERS MEETING MARCH 20TH
• CALAVERASGROWN FARM CONFERENCE MARCH 16TH

Inside this issue:

• Codling moth trap catches comparing two lures and in orchards under different management regimes in 2001.
• Rainfall accumulation at the CIMIS station in Camino: a historical perspective.
• Cork Spot in peach and nectarine.
• Managing San Jose Scale with horticultural oils.

Inside this issue:

• What’s wrong with my walnut trees? It could be walnut branch wilt, (Hendersonula toruloidea).
• Chemical thinning of Fuji and Pink Lady apples in the San Joaquin Valley.
• Joe Grant UCCE-Farm Advisor, San Joaquin County and R. Scott Johnson, UC Pomology Specialist, Kearney Ag. Center.
• UC Small Farm Center agri-tourism directory: Get your farm listing on the Web!
• First Announcement: International Peach Symposium, July 8-11, 2001.
• Did you remember to treat for peach leaf curl disease (Taphrina deformans)?
• -Get to know your new Farm Advisor