Fruit and Nut Information

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Centers and Programs

• Citrus Variety Collection, UC Riverside

  • This program maintains a diverse living collection of citrus varieties, descriptions for many varieties and evaluation data for potential new commercial citrus varieties.

• Citrus Clonal Protection Program

  • Dept. of Plant Pathology, UC Riverside. This is the California source for budwood of commercial citrus varieties. It provides a safe mechanism for introduction of new varieties from around the world.

• Lindcove Research and Extension Center

  • University of California Citrus Research Center in San Joaquin Valley

General Sources

• Citrus Fertilization Guidelines

  • User friendly citrus fertilization guidelines based on current nutrient management research.

• Citrus Program - Ventura County

  • Nick Sakovich & Ben Faber, UCCE Ventura Co. Guidelines for various aspects of production management

Models

• Phenology Model: Citrus Flower Model

  • UC IPM Online

• Interactive Models: Citrus Thrips Scarring Prediction Model—Testing Phase. San Joaquin Valley, CA

  • UC IPM Online

Newsletters & Blogs: Farm Advisors - Current Topics

• Citrus Notes - Butte County

  • Newsletter from Joe Connell, Farm Advisor, Butte County.

• Topics in Subropics - Blog

  • A collaborative blog by UC Farm Advisors and Specialists in subtropical horticulture in California.

• Citrus Notes -Tulare County

  • Newsletter from Neil O'Connell, Farm Advisor, Tulare County.

• Topics in Subtropics Newsletter - Nine counties in which subtropicals can be grown

  • Newsletter from the Subtropical Tree Crop Farm Advisors spanning nine counties in California.

• Kern Citrus & Subtropical Fruit - Kern County

  • Newsletter from Craig Kallsen, Kern County Farm Advisor

non-University of California Resources

• Mediterranean Fruits: Olive, Mandarin, Fig, Persimmon, Pomegranate, Pistachio, Loquat

  • Joan Tous and Louise Ferguson. In: J. Janick (ed.), Progress in new crops. ASHS Press, Arlington, VA. 1996

• Texas Plant Disease Handbook: Citrus

  • Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M University

• Citrus (Citrus medica Linn.)

  • Center for New Crops and Plants Products, Purdue University

• Crop Profile for Citrus in California (pdf)

  • USDA National Science Foundation Center for IPM. 2004 (107 pp.)

Organizations

• Sunkist Growers

  • N / A

• Saticoy Lemon Association

  • Santa Paula, CA

• SunWest Premium Tree Fruit

  • Parlier, California

• Citrus Research Board

  • Visalia, CA

Production Economics

• Cost and Return Studies by the Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Davis

  • Includes: individual studies for most California fruit & nut crops by region. Studies authored by UCCE Specialists & Farm Advisors.

Production Management

• Mandarin Fact Sheet

  • N / A

• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Citrus

  • UC IPM Online

• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Lemons

  • Mry Lu Arpaia, Dept of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside and Adel Kader, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center

• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Lime

  • Mry Lu Arpaia, Dept of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside and Adel Kader, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center

• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Orange

  • Mry Lu Arpaia, Dept of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside and Adel Kader, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, UC Postharvest Technology Research and Information Center

• Asian Citrus Psyllid (pdf)

  • E. Grafton-Cardwell, UC KAC, K Godfrey, CDFA, M. Rogers, C. Childers and Pl. Stansly, Univ. Florida. 2006 (8 pp.) ANR Pub. 8205

• Citrus Entomology

  • UC Kerney Ag. Center.San Joaquin Valley Citrus Pest Management Information

• Diaprepes Root Weevil - citrus pest (pdf)

  • E. Grafton-Cardwell, UC KAC, K. Godfrey, CDFA, J. Pena and C. McCoy, Univ. of Florida, R. Luck, UC Riverside. 2004 (8 pp.) ANR Pub. 8131

• Mysteries of Mandarins (pdf)

  • Tracy Kahn and C. Chao, Dept. of Botany & Plant Science, UC Riverside, 2004 (7 pp.) ANR UCCE Pub. 662

• Photographic Guide to Citrus Fruit Scarring (pdf)

  • E. Grafton-Cardwell, UCCE UC Riverside, N. O'Connell, UCCE Tulare Co., C. Kallsen, UCCE Kern Co. and J. Morse, UC Riverside. 2003 (8 pp.) ANR Pub. 8090

• Questions and Answers to Citrus Management, 3rd Edition (pdf)

  • Peggy Mauk and Tom Shea, UCCE Riverside Co. 2002 (19 pp.)

• Texas Citrus Mite, a New Pest of San Joaquin Valley Citrus (pdf)

  • David Haviland and Craig Kallsen, UCCE Kern Co. 2003 (2 pp.)

• Texas Citrus Mite,

  • UC Pest Management Guidelines

• Citrus Nurseries in California (pdf)

  • Cindy Fake, UCCE Nevada & Placer Co. 2008 (1p.) UC Pub.31-010C

• Fertilizing Citrus in the Foothills (pdf)

  • Cindy Fake, UCCE Nevada & Placer Co. 2004 (4pp.) UC Pub.31-011C

UC Blogs: Current Topics

• Citrus Bugs - Blog

  • Blog posts by Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, Dept of Entomology, UC Riverside, and Director, Lindcove Research and Extension Center. Citrus bugs and their management.