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2021 Extension Course
2021 Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree
Growth, Cropping & Management
April 19 - April 23, 2021
Zoom
Due to UCD campus directives, the 2021 Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree Growth, Cropping & Management will be held remotely. A Zoom link will be provided to registrants.
Understanding the fundamentals of tree biology is essential to making sound orchard management and business decisions in the tree fruit and nut industry. However, access to educational courses on basic fruit and nut tree biology, and how it relates to agronomic practices, is limited. Our course incorporates lectures and field demonstrations to provide information on all aspects of basic plant biology and the relationship between plant biology and nuts and fruit orchard management.
Our course includes five days of instruction. Each day will have 4 hours of synchronous instruction, with supplemental asynchronous video instruction, and question and answer sessions with our instructors.
Upcoming Events
Nut and Tree Fruit Education Program
Introducing the Online Nut and Tree Fruit Education Program to train California Specialty Crops Growers. These courses are exclusively designed for new fruit and nut tree farmers or current farmers that are transitioning their land to fruit and nut trees.
¡Ya están disponibles las versiones en español de nuestros populares cursos en línea!
***Our online course Advances in Walnut Production is temporarily unavailable due to technical difficulties. We apologize for the inconvenience.***
Online Research Databases
Repositories of Annual Research Reports for the following California crops: Almonds, Walnuts, Prunes, Pistachio, Stone Fruit.
Fruit & Nut Information
Sections on management and biology for individual crops, articles & websites by UC experts in crop production.
Fruit & Nut Information
Tree Biology & Orchard Management
New content: Flower Anatomy & Pollination, Tree Growth. Links to: Current UC Research, Spray Technology.
Tree Biology & Orchard Management
Question for an Expert?
Contact your UCCE Pomology Farm Advisor.
Backyard growers, contact your UCCE Master Gardener.
Weather-Related Models
Chill accumulation models; irrigation scheduling; prediction models for stonefruit harvest, almond & pistachio N, almond hullsplit.
Weather-Related Models
Research Partner News
From Luke Milliron, UC Cooperative Extension
Monterey and the Leafing Failure 2020: What are we seeing?
Monterey and the Leafing Failure: What could be causing it?
From UC IPM
PPE in short supply for farm work during the COVID-19 crisis
From the UC Davis Olive Center
A new article on olive oil fraud was just published out of UC Davis, also available on the Olive Center website.
Orchard Recycling
Visit the Whole Orchard Recycling project website to learn more about biomass recycling to improve sustainability and resilience of almond production.
Almond Cover Crops
Our partners in the Gaudin Laboratory are exploring the benefits of using cover crops in almond orchards. Learn more here.
Almond growers: Please complete this survey to provide information about your use/non-use of cover crops.
Carbohydrate Observatory
Our partners at the Carbohydrate Observatory were just written up in Progressive Crop Consultant. If you are a nut grower interested in participating in this study, please contact Anna Davidson by email at adavidson@ucdavis.edu or by phone at (815) 212-4409.
The "Growing the Valley" Podcast with Phoebe Gordon and Luke Milliron updates once a week with interviews and updates for stone fruit and nut growers in the central valley.
Employment Opportunities
Agricultural Specialist - Chilean Embassy
Agricultural Office - Embassy of Chile
1732 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
For questions, contact Carlos Crisosto (chcrisosto@ucdvis.edu)
Support Our Programs
To make a gift to the Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center, Click Here.