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Educational Content

• Kiwifruit Education, reviewed by UC Specialists and Farm Advisors

  • Content includes: propagation, pollination, fruit set and flower and fruit development, variety selection, pests, and orchard management.

including Basic Crop Information

• Kiwifruit Education, reviewed by UC Specialists and Farm Advisors

  • Content includes: propagation, pollination, fruit set and flower and fruit development, variety selection, pests, and orchard management.

General Sources

• Family Farm Series: Kiwifruit Production in California (pdf)

  • J.A. Beutel, UCCE Pomologist UC Davis. UC Small Farms Center publication. 1990 (6 pp.)

Newsletters & Blogs: Farm Advisors - Current Topics

• Orchard Notes - Sutter-Yuba Counties

  • Newsletter from Janine Hasey, Farm Adviosr, Sutter-Yuba Counties.

• Orchard Notes - Tulare County

  • Newsletter by Kevin Day, Farm Advisor, Tulare County. Primarily stone fruit production and culture, some coverage of apples, pears, cherries, apricots, kiwifruit, persimmons and pomegranates.

non-University of California Resources

• Northwest Berry and Grape Information Network

  • USDA, Oregon State University, University of Idaho and Washington State University

• Crop Profile for Kiwi in California (pdf)

  • National Science Foundation Center for IPM. 2000 (9 pp.)

• Kiwifruit Availability

  • CAL Harvest Marketing, Inc. Online

• Kiwifruit

  • No. Carolina Cooperative Extension Service

• Kiwifruit Fruit Facts

  • California Rare Fruit Growers

• Hardy Kiwifruit Fruit Facts

  • California Rare Fruit Growers

Organizations

• California Rare Fruit Growers

  • Fullerton, CA

• California Kiwifruit Commission

  • Fresno, CA

Production Economics

• Organic Versus a Conventional Farming System in Kiwifruit (pdf)

  • J.K. Hasey, UCCE Sutter and Yuba Cos., R. Johnson, UCCE Dept. of Plant Sciences, D. Meyer and K. Klonsky, UCCE Dept. Ag. and Resource Economics, UC Davis. 1992 (7 pp.)

• California Handlers Describe Marketing Issues for Organic Kiwifruit (pdf)

  • Hoy F. Carman and Karen Klonsky, UCCE Dept. Ag. and Resource Economics, UC Davis. 2004 (7 pp.)

Production Management

• Kiwifruit Leaf Analysis Values (pdf)

  • J.A. Beutel, UCCE Pomologist, UC Davis. 1980 (1 p.)

• Comparative Study of Composition and Postharvest Performance of Organically and Conventionally Grown Kiwifruits (pdf)

  • M.L. Amodio, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis, G.Colelli, Italy, J.K Hasey, UCCE Sutter-Yuba Cos., and Adel Kader, Dept. of Plant Sciences, UC Davis. 2007 (9 pp.)

• Recommendations for Maintaining Postharvest Quality: Kiwifruit

  • Adel A. Kader, Elizabeth J. Mitcham, and Carlos H. Crisosto Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis

• Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa)

  • California Backyard Orchard

• Kiwifruit Growing and Handling

  • J.K. Hasey, UCCE advisor in Sutter/Yuba counties, 1994 (144 pp.) UC ANR publication number 3344

• Two New Tools in the Management of Gray Mold of Kiwifruit in 2005 (pdf)

  • Scholar® for Postharvest Use and Elevate® for Pre- or Postharvest Use. J.E. Adaskaveg, H. Förster, D. Driever, D. Thompson, J. Hasey, C. Crisosto, University of California (3 pp.)

• New Quality Index Based on Dry Matter and Acidity Proposed for Hayward Kiwifruit

  • G. Crisosto, specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; J.K. Hasey, UCCE advisor in Sutter/Yuba counties; J.A. Zegbe, visiting scientist, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales.

• Kiwifruit Nutritional Standards (pdf)

  • J.A. Beutel, UCCE Pomologist, UC Davis (1 p.)

• Kiwifruit Propagation (pdf)

  • J.A. Beutel, UCCE Pomologist, UC Davis. 1981 (2 pp.)

• UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Kiwifruit

  • UC IPM Online