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Kern Citrus and Subtropical Fruit
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Issue Articles
February 2008 - Boron High in Your Citrus?
- W. Murcott May Need More Babying Than Navel Orange
September 2007 - Post-Freeze Affects on Navel Orange Trees
- Getting Ready for Frost Season
June 2007
January 2007 Frost Special
December 2006
October 2006 Citrus Leafminer Arrives in Kern County

August 2006 - Bean Thrips Meeting
- Lots of Tangerines/Mandarins in Kern County
- Common Tree-Killing Diseases in Citrus Groves in Kern County
- Growing Grapefruit in California is no Cakewalk either
- Nitrogen and Regreening of Valencia Oranges
- September is Time to Begin to Control Next Years Marestail and Fleabane
April 2006 Kern Spring Citrus Meeting
November 2005 Navel Orange Outlook in Kern County
August 2005 - Upcoming Meetings
- Septoria Spot: California & S. Korea
- Midknight Valencia - Where's the Fruit?
- Degreening of Early Season Satsumas in Louisiana
- Horseweed and Fleabane: Two Tough Customers
- Citrus Insect Pest Update
- Magnesium: Too Little or Too Much
- Baby citrus Trees Not Growing Too Well?
March 2005
November 2004 Upcoming Meetings
Septoria Spot in Citrus in California
Replanting Trees in Mature Citrus Groves
September 2004
June 2004
May 2004 - Early Bloom and Petal Fall Dates in Kern County
- Cover Crops: Some Plants are Not Good Neighbors
February 2004 Kern Spring Citrus Meeting Agenda
November 2003 Texas Citrus Mite, a New Pest of San Joaquin Valley Citrus
September 2003 Kern County Citrus Trees Looking Good!
How Good is Our Refrigerator?
Notes on Applying Gibberellic Acid to Navels
Fall Sampling of Leaves
Fukumoto Navels and Alkaline Soils
California Red Scale and Citrus Peelminer
June 2003 Weather Plays Tricks on Citrus in Spring of 2003
Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Update
Lithium May Be a Problem In a Few Kern County Citrus Blocks
High Winds Always a Kern County Citrus Problem
Chinch Bugs
December 2002 New Entomologist on Staff
Citrus Harvest Looks Great
Bean Thrips Unwelcome in Citrus Fruit Headed for Australia
The Fukumoto Navel: A Growing Challenge
GWSS Update
Peelminer Does Disappearing Act in Kern County
August 2002 Controlling Citrus Tristeze Virus in the SJV
Moving GWSS - Who's Left Holding the Bag?
GWSS Populations Found at Low Levels in No. Kern and So. Tulare Counties
Decline and Death of Citrus Trees Common this Summer
Citrus Peelminer
Blast from the Past
TDE Mandarins
June 2002 Upcoming Meetings
High Tonnage of Fruit Expected from Citrus Trees this Season
False Chinch Bug Suspected of Damaging Citrus Fruit
Applying Insecticidal Narrow-Range Oils May Be Hazardous During First Spring High Temperatures
Southern Fire Ants and European Earwig Damage New Citrus Plantings
Fukumoto Bark Rot Appears in Hot Weather
New Finds of GWSS in Delano Area
Citrus Thrips Apparently Tougher to Control this Season
Citrus Red Mite: To Treat or Not To Treat
March 2002 Kern Spring Citrus Meeting Agenda
Planting Navel Orange Trees: How Close is too Close?
GWSS: What's a Citrus Grower to Do?
Insecticide Control of GWSS in Citrus
June 2001 SJV Navel Orange Trees Experience a Strong Early Fruit Drop
Problems with the Citrus Vascular System or Root Health Show Up in Hot Weather
Applying Insecticidal Narrow-Range Oils May Be Hazardous during First Spring High Temperatures
Southern Fire Ants and New Citrus Plantings
Citrus Peelminers Becoming More of a Pest in The Southern San Joaquin Valley
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Update
Clementine Mandarins Coming into Bearing
Early Harvest Kern County Valencias Hurt by Late Navel Harvests
Nitrogen and the Regreening of Valencia Oranges
California Citrus Clonal Protection Program Website
Fukumoto Bark Rot Appears in Hot Weather
Not as Tolerant to Preemergent Herbicides
December 2000 Citrus Peelminers Have Tunnel Vision
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter (GWSS): Current Woes for Citrus Growers
GWSS: Potential for Greater Woes to Citrus Growers
GWSS Environmental Brinkmanship?
Baythroid Special Local Need Registration for GWSS
Fuller Rose Beetle Down Under
Fire ants, Aphytis and California Red Scale
Puff and Crease
Running Frost Water In Citrus
C-35 and Satsuma Mandarins
What, No Surflan: What Do I Do?
July 2000 Abnormal Hot Temperatures Produce Some Abnormal Citrus Tree Responses
Irrigating Citrus Efficiently: Not As Easy As It Looks
Reducing Puff and Crease Using Irrigation Management
Improving Fruit Set of Mandarins with Gibberellic Acid
European Earwigs Damage Leaves and Fruit of Citrus in May and June
Fukumoto Bark Rot Appears in Hot Weather
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Update
California Citrus Clonal Protection Program New Website
January 2000 Common Tree-Killing Diseases in Citrus Groves of Kern County
Monitor Citrus Soil-Water Status Through the Winter
Running Frost Water in Citrus
Getting Ready for Another Irrigation Season
Micro Irrigation Systems in Kern County
Applying Preemergent Herbicides
Stubborn Disease
November 1999 Some November Things To Do
Gold Nugget Released
Okitsu Wasi Satsuma: It's Taste is Better Than We Thought
Pest Control
California Red Scale Update