Fruit and Nut Information

All of the Categories by Fruits & Nuts : Pear - European

Educational Content

• Pear Education, reviewed by UC Specialists and Farm Advisors

  • Content includes: propagation, variety selection, orchard management, deficiencies & pests, photo galleries, crop overview

including Basic Crop Information

• Pear Education, reviewed by UC Specialists and Farm Advisors

  • Content includes: propagation, variety selection, orchard management, deficiencies & pests, photo galleries, crop overview

General Sources

• Pear Genomics Research Network

  • Website for research, extension and industry collaborators involved in pear genomics research

• Pear Production and Handling Manual

  • Essential guide to pear production by UC scientists, 2007 (215 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 3483. Link to ANR Catalog for purchase

Models

• Fireblight (Erwinia amylovora): Disease Model for Pear and Apple

  • UC IPM Online

• Scab (Venturia pirina): Disease Model for Pear

  • UC IPM Online

• Phenology Model: Codling Moth

  • UC IPM Online

Newsletters & Blogs: Farm Advisors - Current Topics

• Tree Pest Updates: Codling Moth - Alameda and Contra Costa Counties

  • Newsletter by Janet Caprile, Farm Advisor, Alameda & Contra Costa Counties. Primarily apple, pear and walnut.

• Orchard Notes - Lake and Medocino Counties

  • Newsletter from Rachel Elkins, Farm Advisor, Lake and Medocino counties. Focus on walnut and pear

• Tree & Vine News - Sacramento County

  • Newsletter by Chuck Ingels, Farm Advisor, Sacramento County. Primarily grape, cherry and pear.

• 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.

• Foothill Farms & Orchard News - Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne Counties

  • Newsletter by Lynn Wunderlich, Farm Advisor, El Dorado and Amador Counties. Orchard crops in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties. Apple, pear, stone fruit, cherry, grape, walnut

non-University of California Resources

• Crop Profile for Pears in California (pdf)

  • National Science Foundation Center for IPM. 1999 (24 pp.)

• Texas Plant Disease Handbook: Pear

  • Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University

• Fruit & Nut Trees: Bloom and Harvest Charts

  • Bloom and Harvest Charts accessed through homepage link to Fruit & Nut Trees: Varieties. Fowler Nurseries, Newcastle, CA

• Washington State University: Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center

  • Washington State University

Organizations

• Pacific Coast Producers

  • Lodi, CA

• California Pear Advisory Board

  • Sacramento, CA

• Pear Bureau Northwest

  • Milwaukie, OR

Production Economics

• Cost and Return Studies by the Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis

  • Includes: individual studies for most California fruit & nut crops by region. Studies authored by UCCE Specialists & Farm Advisors.

Production Management

• Control of Codling Moth in Organic Pear Orchards (pdf)

  • R. Elkins, UCCE Lake Co., C. Ingris, UCCE Sacramento Co., R. VanSteenwyck, UCCE Environmental Sciences, UC Berkeley, and L. Varela, UCCE Sonoma Co. a poster. 2004

• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Pear 'Anjou' 'Bosc' 'Comice'

  • Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Carlos Crisosto, and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Pear 'Bartlett'

  • Elizabeth J. Mitcham, Carlos H. Crisosto and Adel A. Kader Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

• 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

• Growth Regulators in Orchard Mgt: Technical Reports for Pear: 2003 to 2011

  • Kitren Glozer, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis. Topics include the impact of dormant treatments and specific growth regulators on fruit quality

• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Pear

  • UC IPM Online

• Biological Control of Codling Moth: Parasitoid Releases in Walnuts, Apples and Pears (pdf)

  • Janet Caprile, UCCE Contra Costa Co., Nick Mills, Dept. of Insect Biology, UC Berkeley. 2004 (1 pp.)