Pistachio Pest, Disease, and Weed Control

2012 PISTACHIO DAY PRESENTATIONS (PDFs of PowerPoints)

Navel Orangeworm Management in 2011 vs 2010: Factors Affection Successful NOW Control
Joel P. Siegel, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS, Parlier

Kern NOW Damage, Sanitation Research and Advances in Pheromone Development
Bradley S. Higbee, Research Entomologist, Paramount Farming Co.

Hot Tips for Improved Control of Nutsedge, Fleabane, and other Difficult Weeds
Kurt Hembree, UCCE Weed Management Farm Advisor, Fresno County

Nematodes in Pistachios: What Do We Know?
Mike McKenry, UCCE Nematologist, UC Kearney and UC Riverside

Advances in Managing Alternaria & Botryosphaeria Blights; and Controlling Aflatoxin with AF36
Themis Michailides, UCCE Plant Pathologist, UC Kearney and UC Davis