Robert H Beede

Farm Advisor

Cooperative Extension Kings County
680 Campus Drive
Suite A
Hanford, CA 93230
(559) 582-3211 Ext 2737
bbeede@ucdavis.edu

Website

http://cekings.ucdavis.edu

Specialty

Tree fruit, nuts, grapes

Education

B.S., M.S. Plant Science, Agrarian Studies, and Postharvest Physiology, University of California Davis. 1978

Areas of Expertise (click to see all ANR academics with this expertise)

• Nut Crops
• Plants and Their Systems
• Plant Management Systems

ANR Publications

• Fertigation with Microirrigation
• Kiwifruit Growing and Handling
• Olive Production Manual-2nd Edition
• Pistachio: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
• Raisin Production Manual
• Walnut Production Manual

California Agriculture Article Contributions

• Survey examines the adoption of perceived best management practices for almond nutrition
• Fall foliar sprays prevent boron-deficiency symptoms in grapes
• Hedgerows use more water, but increase efficiency, profit in young walnuts
• Implementing CIMIS at the farm level: a grower's experience in walnuts
• Guthion-resistant walnut aphid parasite: Release, dispersal, and recovery in orchards
• Ethephon is of doubtful value on Thompson Seedless table grapes
• Effects of mechanical pruning on grapes

ANR Workgroup Associations

• Agricultural Management and Economics - Member
• Almond - Member
• Biometrics and Computer Software - Member
• Cling Peach - Member
• Integrated Grape Production - Member
• Integrated Pest Management of Glassy Winged Sharpshooters and the Diseases they Vector - Member
• Nematology - Member
• Pistachio - Member
• Pomology Extension Coordinating Conference (PECC) - Member
• Spray Application Technology - Member
• Walnut - Member

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