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On Aug. 30, Ventura County's citrus growers, pest-control advisers (PCAs) and pest-control operators (PCOs) embarked on the most ambitious program of Asian citrus psyllid suppression in commercial groves ever undertaken in California.

A note from UC Riverside Plant Pathologist, Akif Eskalen Hello, We just confirmed that the riparian forest in the Tijuana river valley in San Diego is infested with Kuroshio Shot Hole Borer.

Control of weeds has always been a major economic cost in subtropical fruit production because of favorable climate that allows for weed germination and year-round growth.

Gary Bender was a farm advisor in San Diego, who is still there but is now retired. He still knows his avocados and compiled his knowledge into a handbook that is online and available to all for immortality.or as long as the internet survives.

FUSARIUM DIEBACK AND POLYPHAGOUS SHOT HOLE BORER ON AVOCADO Akif Eskalen1, Richard Stouthamer2 1Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, UC Riverside 2Department of Entomology, UC Riverside BACKROUND Polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), Euwallacea sp. (#1) (Fig.