Monterey

The year 2020 is almost behind us! We made it through a crazy, crazy year that, in 2019, might have seemed like some sort of virtual reality game. There is a lot to be said for just having survived it. Fortunately, despite the ups and downs, UC ANR more than survived, budget aside, we thrived.

I stood by our courtyard wall and worked my spade into the hard, clay soil. I'd always wanted to grow pomegranates, but my shaded half acre of Monterey pines and oaks in Cambria ruled out that possibility.

From the weekly newspaper for California Agriculture, Ag Alert Dec.

Are you considering agritourism or nature tourism on your farm or ranch? Would you like to expand your current agritourism or nature tourism business?

Richard Smith is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Advisor for Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties and Daniel Hasegawa is a USDA ARS Research Entomologist for the Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit in Salinas, California.

Author: Richard Smith and Daniel Hasegawa, UCCE Monterey County and USDA ARS, Salinas Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) caused significant crop loss in 2020.

Strategies to Control Pythium Wilt of Lettuce Author: Richard Smith and JP Dundore-Arias Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey; and Plant Pathology Professor, Cal State Monterey Bay In 2020 Pythium wilt of lettuce (Pythium uncinulatum) caused up to 100% yield loss in some fields in the Salinas Valley.

A UC Davis doctoral student's newly published research analyzing the population genetics of Africanized honey bees in North and South America details how rapidly they spread to California and also chronicles their successes and limitations.

Spinelli named UCCE horticulture advisor Gerardo Spinelli joined UC Cooperative Extension in San Diego County as a production horticulture advisor on Oct. 12, 2020. He will work with nurseries, floriculture and controlled environment plant production.

The latest information on weed control and fire will be presented at the Managing Weeds in Grasslands and Rangelands in the Context of Fire in California webinar on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.