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2026 Tree Crops Workshop

 

This workshop covered production information for the following tree crops: apples, cherries, figs, peaches, plums, nectarines, prunes, and walnuts.


Recordings of Speaker Presentations:

  1. Ecology, monitoring and management of the black fig fly in California by Houston Wilson, Cooperative Extension Specialist of Entomology, and Melissa Thayer, PhD Student, UC Riverside

  2. Managing bloom diseases of fruit trees in a wet year by Mohammad Yaghmour, Orchard System Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE), and Kamyar Aram, Specialty Crops Advisor, UCCE

  3. Irrigation management in a super El Niño year by Michael Cahn, UCCE Irrigation and Water Resources Advisor, Monterey, San Benito, and Santa Cruz Counties

    California Cover Crops Resources

    Using the Pressure Chamber for Irrigation Management in Walnut, Almond, and Prune

  4. Nutrient Management in Orchard Systems by Phoebe Gordon, Orchard Systems Advisor, UCCE

  5. Biochar applications in orchard systems by Ashraf El Kereamy, Cooperative Extension Specialist in Botany and Plant Sciences

  6. Integrated Management of Key Insect Pests in Fruit Crops by Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE Integrated Pest Management Advisor, Modesto, Merced, and San Joaquin Counties