Farm Advisor
Specialties: Vegetable crops, weed control (vegetable crops, turf and ornamentals), turf and landscape management, Master Gardener Program
Also in: Kings County
mlestrange@ucdavis.edu
(559) 684-3320
Fax: (559) 685-3319
NEWSLETTER
Vegetable Notes Newsletter - for the San Joaquin Valley Research results, Field days, and Meeting notices
RESEARCH REPORTS
Bell Peppers
88• Annual Herbicide Reports
Fresh Market Tomatoes
88• Local & Statewide Variety Trials: Field & Postharvest - Annual Reports
Processing Tomatoes
88• Statewide Processing Tomato Variety Trials - Annual Reports
88• Extended Field Storage (EFS) - Annual Reports
88• Transplant Density Trials - Annual Reports
88• Corky Root - Annual Reports
SPECIAL TOPICS
- Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
- TSWV in California Processing Tomatoes - January 2007
- Western Flower Thrips Abundance and Incidence of TSWV - January 2008
- Efficacy of Foliar Applied Insecticides on thrips - 2007 Research Progress Report
- Foliar Applied Plant Activators & Nutrients on TSWV - 2007 Research Progress Report
- Effect of Thrips Control Programs on TSWV Incidence & Tomato Yield - 2007 Research Progress Report
- Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus - A new virus disease poses serious threat to California tomatoes
MEETINGS
• CA Garlic/Onion Symposium - February 2009
• CA Garlic/Onion Symposium - February 2008
PUBLICATIONS from UC ANR
(UC Vegetable Research and Information Center)
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Artichoke Spanish Okra Asparagus
Onion - Dehydrator Bulb Spanish Bell Pepper Onion - Fresh Market Bulb Spanish Broccoli
Spanish Onion - Green Onion Spanish Cabbage Spanish Edible Pod Pea Cantaloupe Pumpkin Carrot Spanish Rhubarb Cauliflower Spanish Snap Peas Celery Spinach Chile Pepper Spanish Summer Squash Cilantro Spanish Sweet Corn Spanish Cucumber Sweet Potato Spanish Cucurbit Spanish Tomatillo Spanish Eggplant Tomato - Fresh Market Spanish Lettuce - Iceberg Spanish Tomato - Processing Lettuce - Leaf Spanish Turnip Spanish Mixed Melon Spanish Watermelon Spanish
Organic Vegetable Production in CA
(UC Vegetable Research and Information Center )
88• Organic Certification, FPP, and Marketing
88• Soil Management and Soil Quality for Organic Crops
88• Soil Fertility Management for Organic Crops
88• Weed Management for Organic Crops
88• Insect Pest Management for Organic Crops
88• Plant Disease Management for Organic Crops
88• Postharvest Handling for Organic Crops
Pest Management Guidelines from UC IPM
(UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
88• Artichoke
88• Asparagus
88• Carrots
88• Celery
88• Cole Crops (Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower)
88• Corn
88• Cucurbits (Cucumber, Melons, Pumpkins, Squash)
88• Garlic and Onion
88• Lettuce
88• Peppers
88• Potatoes
88• Spinach
88• Tomatoes
Vegetable Production Cost & Return Studies
compiled by UC Davis Cooperative Extension Department of Ag & Resource Economics
