Luke Milliron

IPM begins with an optimal number of fungicide applications, often overlapping with the management timings for shot hole, scab, and rust.

Controlling the disease revolves around proper choice of rootstock. Some are better than others; not one is perfect.

Population levels, logistical constraints influence integrated approaches toward management of gophers.

While everyone loves a prospect, growers should do their due diligence before moving in a different direction with new almond varieties.

Managing maladies in ‘Monterey’ almond trees requires careful irrigation management.

Learn tips to minimize potential sudden autumn freeze damage, which has hit walnuts hard in recent years.

Drier, better aerated conditions during root flush may promote growth from deeper roots.

Once thought to be not much more than an annoyance, this canker disease is threatening orchards.

No grower wants to leave trees parched but starting too early in the season can lead to both root and crown diseases.

Just in the nick of time, walnut growers can add another weapon to their arsenal in battling this deadly foe.