Neil V O'Connell

Farm Advisor

Cooperative Extension Tulare County
4437-B S. Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274
(559) 684-3312
nvoconnell@ucanr.edu

Website

http://cetulare.ucdavis.edu

Specialty

Citrus, Avocado

Education

M.S. Entomology, University of Arizona. 1959

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

• Plant Commodities and Products
• Citrus - General
• Oranges
• Citrus - Other
• Plants and Their Systems
• Plant Management Systems
• Economics, Markets, and Policy
• Economics of Agricultural Production and Farm Management

ANR Publications

• Fertigation with Microirrigation
• Integrated Pest Management for Citrus—3rd Edition

California Agriculture Article Contributions

• Understanding the seasonal and reproductive biology of olive fruit fly is critical to its management
• Cover crops, mulch lower night temperatures in citrus
• Integrated citrus thrips control reduces secondary pests
• Biological control of ash whitefly: a success in progress
• Citrus skirt pruning – a management technique for Phytophthora brown rot
• Soluble calcium compounds may aid low-volume water application
• Presence-absence sampling of citrus red mite
• Citrus flower model may aid in timing pest controls

ANR Workgroup Associations

• Air Quality - Member
• Exotic Fruit Fly - Member
• Nematology - Member
• Pest Management in ANR - Member
• Pomology Extension Coordinating Conference (PECC) - Member
• Spray Application Technology - Member
• Sub Tropical - Member

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