General Management of Fruit and Nut Trees
(links and PDF files)
Care of Trees
General tree care, including planting, pruning, and nutrition of fruit and nut trees.
Irrigation & Frost Protection
Water management guidelines and assistance, including irrigation topics, the "Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Land" series of publications, and frost protection; use of the "Pressure Bomb": a research device used to measure water potential within a plant.
General Pests
Information about pests with multiple fruit and nut hosts; guidelines for formation of Pest Control Districts
Pesticide Timing & Non-Pesticide Practices
Use of horticultural oils and pheromone disruption in pest management, timing of pesticides and biological treatments, and cover crops in orchards.
Soils
Information about agricultural soil erosion, and soil solarization for weed control
Economic Management
Cost and return studies, tree and vine loss calculator; "Reducing Market Risk for Specialty Crops" 2007 workshop presentations and articles
Pollination
Links to research facilities and to websites providing information and classes about bees and beekeeping