Fruit and Nut Information

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

• 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.)

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