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Extension Classes & Meetings
Principles of Fruit & Nut Tree Growth, Cropping & Management
Next offering: November 10 - 20, 2014, UC Davis Campus plus Field Tour
This annual course is focused on fruit and nut tree biology, and how it relates to orchard management. Taught by UC Faculty, Extension Specialists and Farm Advisors. Class Details
Advances in Pistachio Production
Next offering: November 18 – 20, 2014, Visalia Convention Center
The topics for this 3-day course span the full range of pistachio production. Taught by UC Faculty, Extension Specialists and Farm Advisors. Class Details
International Plum Pox Meeting
Understanding and Preparing for the Threat of Plum Pox Virus Spreading to California and the Western States
September 29 - 30, 2014, UC Davis Campus
This event, open to all members of the stone fruit industry, provides information about this exotic pathogen and development of measures to manage the disease in California. Class Details & Registration
Fruit & Nut Information
Sections on management and biology for individual crops, articles & websites by UC experts in crop production.
Fruit & Nut Information
Weather-Related Models
Chill accumulation models; irrigation scheduling; prediction models for stonefruit harvest, almond & pistachio N, almond hullsplit.
Weather-Related Models
Tree Biology & Orchard Management
New content: Flower Anatomy & Pollination, Tree Growth. Links to: Current UC Research, Spray Technology.
Tree Biology & Orchard Management
Find An Expert
A listing of UCCE Pomology Farm Advisors by County, including their areas of expertise and contact information.
Backyard growers, contact your UCCE Master Gardener.
Fruit & Nut Center Updates
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New publication: Using the Pressure Chamber for Irrigation Management in Walnut, Almond, and Prune
Added July 10, 2014
A team of UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors recently developed a new, free guide to using a pressure chamber for irrigation management in walnut, almond and prune. The new guide, “Using the Pressure Chamber for Irrigation Management in...
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Understanding and Preparing for the Threat of Plum Pox Virus in the Western United States
Added July 2, 2014
The Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center is organizing a two day international meeting, Understanding and Preparing for the Threat of Plum Pox Virus Spreading to California and the Western States, to address a new threat to the U.S. stone...
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No Blues for California Blueberries
Added June 24, 2014
Summer is upon us, and nothing quite says summer more than eating freshly picked blueberries or using them in delicious desserts. California blueberry growers can find an additional treat – the newly published UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines...
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November 2014: Advances in Pistachio Production course
Added May 27, 2014
University of California Cooperative Extension and the Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center are offering the three day extension course, Advances in Pistachio Production, November 18th – 20th, 2014. This extension...
What's New on this website...
Crop Education pages completed for Quince
Many thanks to content reviewers: Joseph Postman, USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis, Oregon; Maxwell Norton, UCCE Farm Advisor, Merced & Mariposa Counties. Includes propagation, cultivars, management and more.
New Nitrogen Prediction Models for Almond & Pistachio
New interactive models to help growers achieve efficient and profitable N application. Early-season sampling and in-season N application maximizes productivity. More on these models.
Announcements
Meeting
Quito, Ecuador, Nov. 12-14, 2014
VIII Congreso Iberoamericano de Tecnología Postcosecha y Agroexportaciones
Sponsored by the Asociación Iberoamericana de Tecnología Postcosecha (AITEP), la Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y el Centro de Investigación de Alimentos de la Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial. Details.
Jobs
Nutrition Research Manager, California Almond Board. Posted 6/10/14. Position focus: oversight of contracted research, Public policy issues and information. Details (pdf).
Quality Assurance Specialist, Primus Labs, Santa Maria, CA.Posted 7/11/14. Position focus: assist auditors and auditees. Degree in bioscience-related field preferred. Details (pdf).