Fruit and Nut Information

All of the Categories by Fruits & Nuts: Apricot

Educational Content, including Basic Crop Information

• Apricot Education, reviewed by UC Specialists and Farm Advisors
Content includes: propagation, pollination, fruit set and flower and fruit development, variety selection, pests, and orchard management.

Production Management

• Growing Apricots in California: An Overview
Maxwell Norton, UCCE Farm Advisor, Merced County and William Coates, UCCE Farm Advisor Emeritus, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties
• Introduction to Brown Rot of Stone Fruits
UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center
• Physiological Disorder Fact Sheets: Apple, Grape, Olive, Pear, Persimmon, Pomegranate, Stonefruit
Carlos Crisosto, (ed.) Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center
• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Apricot
Carlos H. Crisosto, Elizabeth J. Mitcham and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
• Reduced-Risk Fungicides Help Manage Brown Rot and Other Fungal Diseases of Stone Fruit (pdf)
J. E. Adaskaveg, H. Förster, Plant Pathology Dept. UC Riverside, W. D. Gubler, B. L. Teviotdale, UCCE Plant Sciences, UC Davis, and D. F. Thompson, UC Riverside. in California Agriculture 2005 (6 pp)
• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Apricot
UC IPM Online

Farm Advisors' Newsletters & Blogs: Current Topics & Meetings

• Orchard Notes - Sutter-Yuba Counties
Newsletter from Janine Hasey, Farm Adviosr, Sutter-Yuba Counties.
• Orchard Notes - Tulare County
Newsletter by Kevin Day, Farm Advisor, Tulare County. Primarily stone fruit production and culture, some coverage of apples, pears, cherries, apricots, kiwifruit, persimmons and pomegranates.
• The Pomology Post - Madera County
Newsletter from Brent Holtz, Farm Advisor, Madera County. Topics in tree crop production, including farm safety, irrigation, pest management. Nut crops including almond, stone fruit.
• Tree and Vine Newsletter - Merced County
Newsletter from David Doll and Maxwell Norton, Farm Advisors, Merced County. Topics in tree crop production, including farm safety, irrigation, pest management.
• Tree Pest Updates: Peach Twig Borer - Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
Newsletter by Janet Caprile, Farm Advisor, Alameda & Contra Costa counties. Focus on peach, nectarine, apricot and plum.
• Tree Topics (newsletters (2002-2012) - San Benito County
Newsletter by Bill Coates, Farm Advisor Emeritus, San Benito County. Central coast fruitnand nut orchard production, principally walnut, cherry, apricot, apple

non-University of California Resources

• Fruit & Nut Trees: Bloom and Harvest Charts
Bloom and Harvest Charts accessed through homepage link to Fruit & Nut Trees: Varieties. Fowler Nurseries, Newcastle, CA
• Plum Pox
USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• Stone Fruit Varieties for Milder Climates
California Rare Fruit Growers
• Texas A & M University: Stone Fruit Breeding Program
Texas A & M University
• Texas Plant Disease Handbook: Peach, Apricot and Nectarine
Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University, 1996
• Washington State University: Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center
Washington State University

Organizations

• Apricot Producers of California
Turlock, CA
• California Apricot Council
San Francisco, CA
• Pacific Coast Producers
Lodi, CA
• Sunsweet Growers Inc.
Yuba City, CA

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