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Tolerance of lettuce varieties to Fusarium wilt – 2024

February 24, 2025
By Alexander I Putman, Yu-Chen Wang, Christopher A Greer
Tolerance of lettuce varieties to Fusarium wilt 2024 Alex Putman, Yu-Chen Wang, and Chris Greer Summary Fusarium wilt of lettuce, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucae (FOL), is an economically significant disease on the Central Coast of California.
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Identification of Pythium wilt of lettuce in the field

March 18, 2021
Identification of Pythium wilt of lettuce in the field Authors: Richard Smith, JP Dundore Arias and Steve Koike Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey County, Professor of Plant Pathology, California State University, Monterey Bay, and Director, TriCal Diagnostics Pythium wilt, caused by Pythium uncinulatum, i...
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Figure 1. Rainfall recorded at the CIMIS weather stations in the Salinas Valley between January 23 and February 2, 2021
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Recent rains greatly benefited water storage in the Salinas Valley

February 4, 2021
By Michael D Cahn
The rain situation was beginning to look dire for our region before last week, with most major storms passing to the north of Monterey county. However, the storms that occurred last week were generated by an atmospheric river that was focused on the southern part of Monterey County.
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