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TREE TOPICS
Tree Topics is designed to provide current production information for fruit and nut growers in the Central Coast of California including San Benito, Santa Cruz,Monterey and Santa Clara Counties.
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Issue Articles
TREE TOPICS October 15, 2009 Cover Crops
Site Preparation for Walnut Planting
Winter Reading
Upcoming Meetings
Holiday and Furlough Closure Days
Walnut Crop Forecast
Spotted Wing Drosophila
TREE TOPICS July 21, 2009 Spotted Wing Drosophila Meeting
Spotted Wing Drosophila
Light Brown Apple Moth
Walnut Husk Fly
Second Flight Codling Moth
TREE TOPICS May 19, 2009 New Pest of Cherries
Codling Moth Update
Peach Twig Borer
Peach Tree Borer
TREE TOPICS March 4, 2009 Walnut Institute
Fungicides for Apple and Cherry Diseases
Drought Management
Walnut Dehydrator Workshop
TREE TOPICS February 4, 2009 FRUIT INSTITUTE
WALNUT INSTITUTE
REST-BREAKING TREATMENTS IN ORCHARDS
FUNGICIDES FOR APRICOT BLOOM DISEASES
WALNUT VARIETIES
YEAR-ROUND IPM PROGRAMS
THOUSAND CANKERS DISEASE AND WALNUT TWIG BEETLE
GUIDELINES FOR PLANTING WALNUTS
TREE TOPICS October 16, 2008 Office Staffing
Eutypa Management - Apricots, Cherries
Chilling Hours and Weather Information
Fumigation Guidelines
Cover Crops
Planting a Succesful Annual Reseeding Covercrop
Walnut Crop Forecast
TREE TOPICS JUNE 16, 2008 Codling Moth - Apples and Walnuts
Walnut Husk Fly Emergence
Eyespotted Budmoth and Pandemis Moth - Apples
Apricot Powdery Mildew
Leaf Analysis
Newsletters - Olives and Subtropicals
Walnut Acreage
TREE TOPICS May 8, 2008 Codling Moth - Apples and Walnuts
New Publications
Peach Twig Borer - Apricots
Peach Tree Borer - Apricots and Cherries
Frost Damage - Apples
Olive Fruit Fly - Olives
TREE TOPICS April 10, 2008 Frost damage
Walnut blight
Efficacy of bactericides
Walnut husk fly - quality impacts
Codling moth biofix
TREE TOPICS February 28, 2008 Walnut Institute Meeting
Fungicide Efficacy Charts
TREE TOPICS January 30, 2008 Fruit Institute Meeting
Walnut Institute Meeting
Chilling and Rest-breaking
First Press Olive Newsletter
Newly Updated Pest Management Guidelines
TREE TOPICS DECEMBER 6, 2007 New Duties
Fruit Institute Meeting
Pruning and Eutypa Dieback Disease
Walnut Crop Forecast
Light Brown Apple Moth
First Press Olive Newsletter
Topics in Subtropics Newsletter
Walnut Research Reports
Cherry Research Conference
Internet Access
2007 Susceptibility of Weeds to Herbicides Charts
TREE TOPICS JULY 19, 2007 CODLING MOTH UPDATE
WALNUT HUSK FLY
LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH
OTHER INSECT PESTS
POSTHARVEST IRRIGATION AND FERTILIZATION
TREE TOPICS June 8, 2007 Light Brown Apple Moth
Codling Moth Update
Other Insect Pests
Walnut Husk Fly
Leaf Analysis
TREE TOPICS May 2, 2007 Light Brown Apple Moth
Codling Moth Update
Peach Twig Borer Update
Diagnosing Spots on Apricots
Olive Oil and Subtropical Newsletters
Tree Topics April 5, 2007 Codling Moth Update
Walnut Blight
Organic Olive Production Manual
Rainfall and Soil Moisture
Apple Fungicide Efficacy Chart
February 27, 2007 Bloom Diseases of Apricots
Apple Institute
Olive Institute
Fungicide Efficacy Charts
January 17, 2007 Fruit Institute
Walnut Institute
Chilling and Rest-breaking Treatments
Freeze Information
New Dormant Spray Regulations
October 30, 2006 COVER CROPS
FALL SPRAYS
WEATHER AND CHILLING INFORMATION
WINTER MEETINGS
EUTYPA CONTROL IN APRICOTS AND CHERRIES
WALNUT CROP FORECAST
ORCHARD REPLANT CONSIDERATIONS
JULY 20, 2006 POSTHARVEST PRUNING OF APRICOTS AND CHERRIES
CODLING MOTH UPDATE
EYESPOTTED BUDMOTH, PANDEMIS MOTH
WALNUT HUSK FLY
LEAF ANALYSIS
POSTHARVEST IRRIGATION & FERTILIZATION
JUNE 23, 2006 CODLING MOTH UPDATE
PEACH TWIG BORER
EYESPOTTED BUDMOTH, PANDEMIS MOTH
OLIVE FRUIT FLY CONTROL GUIDELINES
WALNUT HUSK FLY
MAY 17, 2006 CODLING MOTH UPDATE (APPLES)
CODLING MOTH UPDATE (WALNUTS)
PEACH TWIG BORER (APRICOTS)
EYESPOTTED BUDMOTH, PANDEMIS MOTH (APPLES)
APRIL 6, 2006 OBSERVATIONS ON A WET SPRING
APPLE FUNGICIDE EFFICACY
OLIVE FLY UPDATE
WALNUT BLIGHT
MARCH 6, 2006 WALNUT INSTITUTE
APPLE INSTITUTE
OLIVE GROWERS MEETING
BLOOM DISEASES OF APRICOTS
EYESPOTTED BUDMOTH -APPLE
NEW PEST MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES - APRICOTS, CHERRIES
FUNGICIDE EFFICACY CHARTS - APRICOTS, CHERRIES
FEBRUARY 3, 2006 Fruit Institute
Chill Accumulations and Rest-Breaking Agents
Rest-Breaking Alternatives (Dr. Kitren Glozer)
JANUARY 6, 2006 FRUIT INSTITUTE
WALNUT INSTITUTE
CHERRY RESEARCH REVIEW
OLIVE GROWERS MEETING
CHILLING HOURS
AUGUST 29, 2005 OLIVE OIL: A "REDISCOVERED" CALIFORNIA CROP
EARLY WALNUT HARVEST
LATE WALNUT HUSK FLY INFESTATIONS
FARM WATER QUALITY PLANNING SHORT COURSE
JUNE 30, 2005 CODLING MOTH
WALNUT HUSK FLY
NEW OLIVE PRODUCTION MANUAL
EYESPOTTED BUDMOTH AND PANDEMIS
May 2, 2005 Codling Moth
Peach Twig Borer
Pandemis Moth
Eyespotted Budmoth
Organic Olive Oil Production
MARCH 23, 2005 WALNUT BLIGHT AND SECTION 18 FOR MANEX
TOPSIN M REGISTERED FOR EUTYPA CONTROL
OBSERVATIONS ON THE EARLY BLOOM
APPLE FUNGICIDE EFFICACY CHART
WALNUT BLACKLINE MANAGEMENT
February 28, 2005 Walnut Institute
Apple Meeting
Walnut Pest Management Guidelines
Apricot and Cherry Fungicide Efficacy
JANUARY 21, 2005 Fruit Institute
Walnut Institute
Pomology Department Changes
Chilling and Rest Breaking Treatments
November 3, 2004 Fall Sprays for Zinc deficiency
Weed and Herbicide Charts
Cover Cropping
September 8, 2004 Walnut Crop
Information on Olives
Early Walnut Harvest
Walnut Husk Fly
July 9, 2004 Three new walnut varieties
Early crop year
Codling moth update
Walnut husk fly update
Leaf analysis
Postharvest Fertilization and Irrigation
MAY 3, 2004 Codling Moth Update-Apples and Walnuts
Update on Peach Twig Borer
March 16, 2004 Apple Meeting
Manex - walnuts
Apple Fungicide Efficacy Chart
Subscibing to e-mail edition
February 11, 2004 Walnut Institute
Chilling Update
Fungicide Efficacy Charts
Beth Teviotdale Retires
January 12, 2004 Fruit Institute
EPA Ruling -CAN 17
Another Low-Chilling Winter?
Cherry research Review
Organic Pear Workshop
IPM Folder
October 20, 2003 We are moving!
New walnut IPM manual
New apricot cost study
Woolly apple aphid
Potential for Eutypa infection
Walnut crop forecast
July 21, 2003 Apricot Disaster
Walnut Husk Fly
Codling Moth Update
Postharvest Irrigation & Fertilization
Leaf Analysis
Eutypa Dieback
Apple Skinworm Complex
May 23, 2003 Codling Moth - Walnuts
Codling Moth - Apples
Peach Twig Borer - Apricots
Effects of Low Chilling Winter and Cool Spring
Herbicide Chart
April 29, 2003 Codling Moth:Walnuts,Apples
Fogspot and Cracking:Apricots
Organic Walnut Husk Fly Controls
Peach Twig Borer: Apricots
UCCE Budget
March 7, 2003 Walnut Institute
Chilling Hour Totals
CAFF/SAREP Apple Meeting
Fungicide Efficacy
February 7, 2003 Chilling Hours
Meeting Notices
Fruit Institute
Apricot Fungicide Chart
Codling Moth Meeting
Cherry Short Course
October 11, 2002 Walnut Harvest and Forecast
Ergonomics
Cherry Short Course
Environmental Toxicology
Fall Sprays
(Walnut forecast does not scan well -see web site listed)
July 22, 2002 Codling Moth (apples, walnuts)
Walnut Husk Fly (walnuts)
Eutypa Dieback (apricots, cherries)
April, 2002 Bacterial Canker
Codling Moth Biofix
2002 Crop Size
Peach Twig Borer
June 14, 2002 Codling moth, Pandemis moth, Assorted pests, Irrigation and fertilization, Leaf analysis, Pest guidelines, Cost study