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Avocado Production in California Books

Avocado Production in California: A Cultural Handbook for Growers is the first book in a series of three. Gary S. Bender, Farm Advisor, takes you through the history of the avocado industry in California and teaches you about grove development. **The book is being revised and is currently unavailable. Please check back later.




Avocado Production in California is the second book in the series. This book focuses on cultural care and includes articles on irrigation, fertilization, disease and insect control, vertebrate pest management, pruning and frost management.  The author for most of the articles is Gary S. Bender, Farm Advisor for Subtropical Horticulture in San Diego County. **The book is being revised and is currently unavailable. Please check back later.

For more avocado information, visit Gary's avocado page. To read our featured article, click this title Mysteries of Mandarins: Sex, Seedlessness, and New Varieties.

Vegetables and Strawberries
Here is a recommended link for this topic:
Vegetable Research and Information Center (VRIC)

Floriculture, Nursery Crops and Pest Management
To read "Using Petunia Indicator Plants to Monitor Tospoviruses in Ornamentals", click the link below:
Using Petunia Indicator Plants

Small Farms Program
Here is a publication and recommended link:
Ag Directory & Guidelines for Agricultural Enterprises
Small Farm Center

Pitahaya in California (download info)

Dairy Information
If you are a commercial entity, you can contact Nyles G. Peterson, Area Farm Advisor, for questions about dairy management, waste management, milk quality, milking management, and dairy goats.
Phone (909) 387-3318
Fax (909) 387-3306
E-mail ngpeterson@ucdavis.edu