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Citrus Mealy Bug Round Table

August 4, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Come hear the latest biology and control of Citrus Mealy Bug at the Association of Applied IPM Ecologists Meeting August 18, Santa PaulaAAIE's Ventura Avocado and Coastal Citrus Round Table Meeting. 3.0 DPR CEU's Approved  4.0 CCA CEU's Approved Date: Aug 18th, 2025Time: 8:30 AM - 1…
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Water, Fire and Funding Avocado Workshop

August 1, 2025
By Ben A Faber
August 21 (9 AM - 11 AM)Avocado Growing Resilience
Fire Recovery, RCD Support & Water Security SolutionsIn-Field at Greenwood Daylily GardensTopics and SpeakersUnderstanding Fire Damage Recovery in the Avocado OrchardPresented by John Schoustra (Owner) and Ben Faber (UC Cooperative…
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Citrus Leprosis in Florida
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Leprosis Webinar and Bee Ecology

August 1, 2025
Citrus Leprosis Threat, Mites, and Mite ManagementDr. Sandipa Gautam, Cooperative Extension Area Citrus IPM Advisor, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources; Dr. Kris Godfrey, Project Scientist, Contained Research Facility, UC Davis; Dr. Daniel Carrillo, Assistant Professor, Entomology & Nematology…
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Lemon Brown Rot
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Citrus Postharvest and Webinars

July 30, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Registration Now Open For 2025 Post-Harvest ConferenceThe Citrus Research Board (CRB) is excited to announce the return of the Post-Harvest Conference on September 4, 2025, in Visalia, California, at the Visalia Convention Center. Sponsored by the CRB and organized in partnership…
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Vertiginous Collapse

July 29, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Or rather Verticillium Collapse or Wilt.  An avocado that goes down fast.It's that time of year to see some drama in avocado orchards. Once healthy-looking trees can suddenly turn brown in a weekend and all the surrounding trees still look fine. And it can be quite common in some years along the coast…
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Citrus Avocado Guides
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New and Old Citrus and Avocado Guides

July 25, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Citrus InformationDr. Robert McNeil, emeritus professor of the Fruit Science Department at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, taught citriculture and avoculture there for many years.  He has made his citrus notes available on our website - https://ucanr.edu/sites/default/files/2025-07/mc%20neil%20citrus%20guide…
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HLB Symptoms
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HLB Area Expands

July 25, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Federal and state agriculture officials recently expanded the areas quarantined for citrus greening disease in California. They expanded the quarantined area in the Coto de Caza area of Orange County by 11 square miles, the Rancho Santa Margarita area of Orange County by 93 square miles, the Perris area of…
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug on Avocado
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Again

July 21, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug showed up in Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties about 12 years ago. It had been roaming around LA and Orange Counties before that.  There was a small outbreak on avocados at the time, but it was mainly seen on a lot of other plant species, like tomatoes.  We have not seen…
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Understanding Water in California

July 14, 2025
By Ben A Faber
We are excited to announce the launch of the California Water Course (register here), a bilingual (English/Español) program designed for entry level water professionals (or refresher), community and advocates, or any person interested in addressing California’s water challenges and solutions.This…
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Argebtine ant and hydrogel
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Argentine Ant News

July 10, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Native to South America, Argentine ants were introduced to California in 1905. Today, 90% of Southern California and coastal orchards are infested with ants. Some trees experience up to 1 million ant visits per day.Ivan Milosavljević, Citrus Research Board (CRB) entomologist, presented that information in a…
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AvocaTwins
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Avocado Information

July 3, 2025
By Ben A Faber
New to AvocadoSource is Dr. Robert McNeil's United States Avocado Production (Hass Avocado) He is Horticulture Emeritus from Cal Poly SLO and has compiled his years of experience with avocado here.  Also check out all the other selections of books available at the website:https://www.avocadosource…
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A control for a citrus bacteria
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HLB Solutions from Ohio

July 3, 2025
By Ben A Faber
A promising solution to HLB is advancing to Phase 2 field trials following research by a Central State University scientist in Ohio. Anthony Arment, a molecular biologist and professor of biology at Central State University, played a key role in early research and ongoing consultation for the project.Pop…
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HLB fruit
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Non-transgenic HLB Resistant Citrus

July 3, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Two non-transgenic genome-edited orange plants — a Hamlin and a Valencia that may resist HLB — have been federally approved and are ready for Florida growers. Nian Wang, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences eminent scholar endowed chair in biotechnology, reported this news in a…
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webinar en espagnol
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Sanidad Vegetal y Agua de Riego para cultivos de invernadero y vivero

June 27, 2025
By Ben A Faber
July's Ask-the-Advisor seminar will be in Spanish. See below, or in this link for more details.Wed, Jul 16, 2025 @ 10:00am - 11:00am¡Acompáñenos a un panel de discusión sobre Sanidad Vegetal y Agua de Riego para cultivos de invernadero y vivero!El evento es gratuito y se realizará a través de…
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New Topics in Subtropics Newsletter

June 25, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Its out.  Check it out. The Spring edition of Topics in Subtropics quarterly newsletter covering all things subtropical at some point in time.  Bodil Cass, our entomology specialist at UC Riverside is the editor.Editor: Bodil Cass Spring 2025TOPICS IN THIS ISSUE• Bifenthrin application…
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Our Future Home
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Dance Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

June 24, 2025
By Ben A Faber
But keep moving, and we are. To 555 Airport Way, Suite D in Camarillo, right next to the Ventura County Ag Commissioner.  I’ve been here since 1990 and we’ve moved three times – from the County Government Center with cubicles and we weren’t appreciated for the dirt we tracked in, to a sweet little…
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UC ANR teams, Middletown Rancheria leaders and county officials pose to celebrate MOU signing
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First UCCE Tribal Extension Office opens at Middletown Rancheria

June 13, 2025
By Matthew Barnes, Michael Hsu
A historic agreement between the Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California and UC ANR has created the first-ever UC Cooperative Extension Tribal Extension Office. Located on tribal land at the Middletown Rancheria headquarters, the office opened on June 2.
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After Fire

June 12, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Fire Followers – Plant and PollinatorSoon after the Fall 2024 fires in Ventura County we saw the hills starting to turn green, and dotted with white flowers – calystegia.  This is a common sight after fires in southern California, a land of frequent fires. It looks like bindweed and is called false…
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Stick Worm
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A Stick?

June 12, 2025
By Ben A Faber
Stick Worm, Just Another Inchworm of Geometer MothYou have to look closely.  It doesn't move........until you touch it and then maybe it will move.  But it takes a lot to get it to go.  This is an inchworm which actually embodies something like 20,000 species of lepidopterans - moths and…
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