Fruits & Vegetables
- August 3, 2022
- Researchers detect tomato viruses, monitor spread
- July 20, 2022
- Field trial tests new means for growing watermelons
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Watermelons are harvested this month in San Joaquin County, where researchers and farmers are testing root grafting as a potential “wave of the future” for healthy plants and high-quality melons.
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- July 13, 2022
- Project seeks to raise leafy greens for hotter climate
- July 6, 2022
- 'Steady' melon crop is ready for summer
- July 6, 2022
- Farmers markets rebound, but pandemic effects linger
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Vincent Garcia of J&J Ramos Farms sells oranges to Michael and Nancy Neils at the certified farmers market at Arden Fair Mall in Sacramento, where several markets closed during the pandemic.
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- July 6, 2022
- Trials of strawberry varieties show promising yields
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Glenn Cole of the University of California, Davis, strawberry breeding program says researchers are breeding new varieties in hopes of building resistance to soil-borne diseases.
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- June 15, 2022
- Birds at farm provide pest control, add biodiversity
- June 15, 2022
- Trainees sow dreams for futures in organic farming
- June 8, 2022
- Lack of water means smaller tomato crop
- June 8, 2022
- As fertilizer costs spike, farmers reducing nitrogen
- June 8, 2022
- Drip irrigation can reduce mildew threat for lettuce
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Spinach plants which receive sprinkler irrigation, are infected with downy mildew.
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- April 27, 2022
- Studies uncover E. coli outbreak patterns in lettuce
- April 20, 2022
- Demand for specialty mushrooms surges
- April 20, 2022
- A farmer's advice: 'Know what kind of soil you have'
- April 20, 2022
- Training initiative inspires farming futures in organics
- April 6, 2022
- Latest field technology focuses on weeds, water use
- March 16, 2022
- Steady markets, growing conditions favor cabbage
- March 16, 2022
- Water decisions for corn get new urgency in drought
- March 16, 2022
- New vacuum may doom lygus bugs in strawberries
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