Growing the Valley

The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug is a fairly new pest to California, though it’s been in the US for a while. It has just started to move into agricultural areas in the San Joaquin Valley. In this episode, Jhalendra tells Phoebe about some of this research and observations with this new pest in Stanislaus County.

Almond, walnut, prune, and pistachio orchard tasks presented in a rapid fire, head-to-head competition!

Almond, walnut, prune, and pistachio orchard tasks presented in a rapid fire, head-to-head competition!

Phoebe interviews Craig Kallsen, the subtropical and pistachio tree crop advisor for Kern County, to talk about what we know and don’t know about dormancy in pistachios. Craig also talks about a paper he published recently looking at the correlation between winter and spring temperatures and current season’s yield. This is an ongoing area for research and there are still more questions than we have answers.

This episode is a direct followup to “Chill with Dr. Katherine Jarvis-Shean”, and while you don’t need to listen to Katherine’s episode before you listen to this one, if you aren’t familiar with dormancy and the different chill models, we suggest you listen to that one before this one.

Phoebe interviews Craig Kallsen, the subtropical and pistachio tree crop advisor for Kern County, to talk about what we know and don’t know about dormancy in pistachios. Craig also talks about a paper he published recently looking at the correlation between winter and spring temperatures and current season’s yield. This is an ongoing area for research and there are still more questions than we have answers.

This episode is a direct followup to “Chill with Dr. Katherine Jarvis-Shean”, and while you don’t need to listen to Katherine’s episode before you listen to this one, if you aren’t familiar with dormancy and the different chill models, we suggest you listen to that one before this one.

We discuss dormancy and chilling with Katherine Jarvis-Shean, Orchard Systems Advisor in Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento Counties (AKA Yolanomento). She explains what we know about dormancy, how we calculate chill accumulation, and why we seem to be seeing more winters with poor chill accumulation recently.

We discuss dormancy and chilling with Katherine Jarvis-Shean, Orchard Systems Advisor in Yolo, Solano, and Sacramento Counties (AKA Yolanomento). She explains what we know about dormancy, how we calculate chill accumulation, and why we seem to be seeing more winters with poor chill accumulation recently.

Phoebe Gordon sits down with farm advisor David Doll (UCCE Merced) to discuss tested strategies to overcome the replant problem, with a focus on almond production.

Phoebe Gordon sits down with farm advisor David Doll (UCCE Merced) to discuss tested strategies to overcome the replant problem, with a focus on almond production.

In part five of the navel orangeworm (NOW) series, Luke Milliron sits down with Sacramento Valley IPM advisor Dr. Emily Symmes to discuss best practices for integrated NOW management in walnut.