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Fruit and Nut Research & Information Center
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Downloads:
- Erodibility of Agricultural Soils, with Examples in Lake and Mendocino Counties (pdf)
A.T. O'Geen, UCCE Dept. Land, Air & Water Res., UC Davis, R. Elkins and D. Lewis, UCCE. 2006. (6 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 8194 - Orchard Floor Management Practices to Reduce Erosion and Protect Water Quality (pdf)
A. O'Geen, UCCE Dept. Land, Air, & Water Res., UC Davis, T. Prichard and R. Elkins, UCCE, and G.S. Pettygrove, UCCE, Dept. of Land, Air & Water Res., UC Davis. 2006. (9 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 8202 - Sediment Management Goals and Practices for Orchards and Vineyards (pdf)
Mark Battany, UCCE. 2007. (7 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 8219 - Soil Solarization Provides Weed Control for Limited-Resource and Organic Growers in Warmer Climates (pdf)
J. Stapleton, UCIPM Program, R. Molinar, UCCE, K. Lynn-Patterson and S. McFeeters, GIS facility, Kearney Ag. Center, and A. Shrestha, UCIPM Program. California Agriculture 2005 - Vegetative Filter Strips for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control in Agriculture (pdf)
M. Grisner, and A.O'Geen, UCCE Dept. of Land, Air & Water Res., UC Davis, and D. Lewis, UCCE. (7 pp.) UC ANR Pub. 8195
Links:
Soil & Water Notes
Information applicable to various tree crops grown in California
UC Davis Soil Resource Laboratory
Research in soil science includes soil genesis and morphology, water quality and watershed-scale survey studies. Includes online soil survey.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Soils
National soil-based information service. The Web Soil Survey provides soil data and information for the nation's counties. Links to NRCS surveys in California:
- Mendocino (western part)
- Napa
- Santa Cruz
- Stanislaus (western part)
- Tulare (western part)
- Yolo
- Colusa
- Intermountain Area (parts of Lassen, Modoc, Shasta and Siskiyou)
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