Larry J Bettiga

Viticulture Farm Advisor

Cooperative Extension Monterey County
1432 Abbott Street
Salinas, CA 93901
(831) 759-7361
lbettiga@ucanr.edu

Website

http://cemonterey.ucdavis.edu

Also in:
San Benito County
Santa Cruz County

Specialty

Wine grape production, canopy management, pest management, rootstock and clonal evaluation.

Education

M.S. Plant Science-Viticulture, California State University, Fresno. 1983

B.S. Agricultural Pest Management, University of California, Berkeley. 1978

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

• Wine Grapes
• Plants and Their Systems
• Plant Management Systems
• Plant Protection
• Insects, Mites, and Other Arthropods Affecting Plants
• Pathogens and Nematodes Affecting Plants

ANR Publications

• Caneberries: UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines
• Grape Pest Management—Second Edition
• Wine Grape Varieties in California

California Agriculture Article Contributions

• Vineyard floor management affects soil, plant nutrition, and grape yield and quality
• Post-emergence herbicides are cost effective for vineyard floor management on the Central Coast
• Integrated control of botrytis bunch rot of grape
• Preventive control of powdery mildew on grapevines
• Desiccants for grapevines
• Chemicals losing effect against grape mealybug
• Walnut aphid becoming a costly midsummer pest

ANR Workgroup Associations

• Integrated Grape Production - Member
• Integrated Pest Management of Glassy Winged Sharpshooters and the Diseases they Vector - Member
• Linking Research & Education in Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology - Member
• Pest Management in ANR - Member
• Pomology Extension Coordinating Conference (PECC) - Member
• Spray Application Technology - Member

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