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Diseases, disorders and other plant problems are critical concerns for the wholesale nursery.

Wild pigs currently exist in 56 of California's 58 counties and can be found in a variety of habitats ranging from woodland, chaparral, meadow, grasslands and in agriculture cropping systems.

As a livestock and natural resources advisor, I don't expect to get questions about fruit trees such as figs.

Life stages of spotted-wing drosophila (Photos by Elizabeth Beers, Washington State University) Spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii is an invasive pest that attacks many cultivated and wild fruits.

MISSION VIEJO, Calif. Tufts University has released results of a study linking eating avocados to helping improve cognitive brain function in older adults, news especially relevant to Hispanics who have been found to have the longest life expectancy rate in the U.S.

Many growers don't hear about the amount of research and extension activity that is going on surrounding the Shot Hole Borers and Fusarium Dieback. This pest/disease complex affects not only avocados, but many other tree species, including many California natives.

Carbonateceous? Gypsum? Read on. Soil pH or the acidity or lack of acidity of a soil can be confused by the different uses and chemistries that surround the term pH, or the power of hydrogen.

Look out, Franklin's bumble bee, they're coming for you! The question is: Where are you? Have you managed to "hide" all these years or are you extinct?

The 10th annual National Pollinator Week ends Sunday, June 25, and what an opportunity it's been to showcase our pollinators! As noted entomologist May Berenbaum pointed out, it's "a celebration of Earth's 100,000-plus animal species that, by transporting pollen and facilitating flower fertilization...

Presented by: California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension Speakers: Brad Adams: Agricultural Sales at Irrometer. (Ventura & Fallbrook) Jacob Moreno: Agriculture Sales Representative at Irrometer.