Fruit and Nut Information

All of the different cateogories by Fruits & Nuts: Fig

Production Management

• Fig Day 2006: Etiology and Management of Limb Dieback of Figs in California (PowerPoint to pdf)
Themis J. Michailides, D. P. Morgan, D. Felts, H. Reyes, UC Kearney Agricultural Center. 43-slide presentation
• Fig Day 2006: Fig Mosaic (PowerPoint to pdf)
Bryce Falk and Nida Salem, Dept. of Plant Pathology, UC Davis.13-slide presentation)
• Fig Day 2006: Monitoring, Sanitation, and Insect Pest Management in Figs (PowerPoint to pdf)
Chuck Burks, David Brandl, UC Kerney Agricultural Center, Themis Michailides and Mark Doster, USDA-ARS, Parlier, CA. 21-slide presentation
• Fig Day 2006: Phenology of the Fig Tree (PowerPoint to pdf)
Maxwell Norton and Dan Rivers, UCCE Merced Co. 7-slide presentation
• Fig Day 2006: Screening Diverse Fig Cultivars for Commercial Potential (PowerPoint to pdf)
Ed Stover, Carlos Crisosto, Malli Aradhya, Louise Ferguson, UC Davis. 21-slide presentation
• Fig Fact Sheet
• Fig Varieties: A Monograph (pdf)
Definitive work on fig varieties by Ira Condit, UC ANR publication: Hilgardia, 1955 (247 pp.)
• Limb Dieback of Figs
Summary of research program at Kearney Agricultural Center
• Postharvest Publications and Presentations
A database containing over 1,400 articles and presentations authored by UC postharvest specialists, USDA postharvest researchers, and others. The database is organized by topic and searchable.
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Fig
Carlos H. Crisosto, Elizabeth J. Mitcham and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Fig
UC IPM Online

non-University of California Resources

• Crop Profile for Figs in California (pdf)
National Science Foundation Center for IPM. 2003 (10 pp.)
• Fig
T. E. Crocker, University of Florida IFAS Extension
• Fig (Ficus carica L.)
Center for New Crops and Plants Products, Purdue University
• Fig Fruit Facts
California Rare Fruit Growers
• Figs
G. McEachern, Texas A & M Univ.
• Mediterranean Fruits: Olive, Mandarin, Fig, Persimmon, Pomegranate, Pistachio, Loquat
Joan Tous and Louise Ferguson. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA. 1996
• Texas Plant Disease Handbook: Fig
Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University

Organizations

• California Fig Advisory Board
Fresno, CA
• California Fresh Fig Growers Association
Fresno, CA
• California League of Food Processors
Sacramento, CA. Member companies include canners, freezers, dryers and dehydrators of fruits and vegetables
• California Rare Fruit Growers
Fullerton, CA
• California Specialty Crop Council
Fresno, CA
• Sun-Maid Growers of California
Kingsburg, CA
• Valley Fig Growers
Fresno, CA

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