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Insect Management

Sep 20, 2023

Lepidopterous Larvae in Fall Produce (2023)
Sep 6, 2023

Ready for the Fall Produce Season?
Aug 23, 2023

Hurricanes Can Bring More Than High Winds and Rain
Aug 9, 2023

Protecting Crops at Stand Establishment
Jul 26, 2023

Trends in Insect Losses and Management on Desert Lettuce
Jul 12, 2023

Management Guidelines for Whiteflies and CYSDV on Fall Melons in 2023
Jun 28, 2023

2023 Insecticide Usage on Conventional and Organic Lettuce
Jun 14, 2023

Sanitation and Summer Whitefly Management (2023)
May 31, 2023

Weeds and Insect Management in Desert Produce (2023)
May 17, 2023

Unusual Insect Activity in Spring Melons
May 3, 2023

Help Us Document the Heavy Insect Pressure in Desert Lettuce This Season
Apr 19, 2023

Whitefly Management on Spring Melons (2023)
Apr 5, 2023

Spider Mites on Spring Melons
Mar 22, 2023

Late-season Thrips Management in Lettuce (2023)
Mar 8, 2023

Lettuce Aphids Showing Up in Desert Lettuce
Feb 22, 2023

Aphids Persist in Desert Lettuce
Feb 8, 2023

Early Corn Earworm Activity in Spring Lettuce
Jan 25, 2023

Spring Pest Pressure Beginning to Increase
Jan 11, 2023

Green Peach Aphids and the Red Morph
Dec 14, 2022

Review of Pest Pressure on Fall Produce and Melon Crops, 2022

Weeds

Sep 20, 2023

Lettuce Herbicide Usage Last Season (2023)
Sep 6, 2023

Postemergence Grass Control in Vegetables
Aug 23, 2023

Broccoli Herbicides
Aug 9, 2023

Preplant Burndown Herbicides
Jul 26, 2023

Devrinol
Jul 12, 2023

Herbicide Mode of Action: Lipid Biosynthesis Inhibitors
Jun 28, 2023

Mode of Action: Growth Regulator Herbicides
Jun 14, 2023

Teff Grass: Forage Grown Between Vegetables Seasons
May 31, 2023

Abundant Hairy Fleabane Right Now
May 17, 2023

Summer Annual Grasses
May 3, 2023

Hare Barley
Apr 19, 2023

Herbicides When Soil is Moved From the Application Site
Apr 5, 2023

Abundant Shepherdspurse Reported
Mar 22, 2023

Vegetable Weed Control
Mar 8, 2023

Weed Control Session at the SWAS
Feb 22, 2023

Integrated Weed Management and Impact to Desert Agriculture
Feb 8, 2023

Annual Bluegrass ID
Jan 25, 2023

Organic Celery Test
Jan 11, 2023

You asked. . .We Answered: Spinach Trial
Dec 14, 2022

Bensulide Residue in the Field Before Spinach

Plant Pathology 2019 - Present

Sep 20, 2023

Cucurbit Yellow Stunting Disorder Virus (CYSDV) (2023)
Sep 6, 2023

2023 Powdery Mildew of Melon Fungicide Trial
Aug 23, 2023

2023 Downy Mildew of Spinach Fungicide Trial
Aug 9, 2023

2022-2023 Powdery Mildew of Lettuce Fungicide Trial
Jul 26, 2023

2022-2023 Sclerotinia Drop of Lettuce Fungicide Trial
Jul 12, 2023

2022-2023 Downy Mildew of Lettuce Fungicide Trial
Jun 28, 2023

Rhizopus Head Rot of Sunflower
Jun 14, 2023

Bacterial Fruit Blotch (BFB) in Melon Seedlings (2023)
May 31, 2023

Bacterial Wilt of Cucurbits
May 17, 2023

Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon (2023)
May 3, 2023

Botrytis Crown Rot of Lettuce 2 (2023)
Apr 19, 2023

First Report of Charcoal Rot Caused by Macrophomina phaseolina on Stevia rebaudiana in Arizona.
Apr 5, 2023

2022 Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce Trial
Mar 22, 2023

Center Rot of Onion (2023)
Mar 8, 2023

Botrytis Crown Rot of Lettuce (2023)
Feb 22, 2023

Downy Mildew of Lettuce and 4th annual downy mildew field day
Feb 8, 2023

Bacterial leaf spot of beets
Jan 25, 2023

Lettuce Dieback Associated Virus (2023)
Jan 11, 2023

Frost Injury in Vegetable Crops
Dec 14, 2022

Late Blight of Celery (December 2022)

Plant Pathology 2010 - 2019

Dec 11, 2019

High Threat Level for Downy Mildew
Nov 27, 2019

Plant Pathogen Resistance to Fungicides - Nov, 2019
Nov 13, 2019

Effect of Weather on Plant Disease Development
Oct 29, 2019

Downy Mildew 2019
Oct 16, 2019

Comparison of Two Lettuce Wilt diseases
Oct 2, 2019

Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce 2019
Sep 18, 2019

Managing Sclerotinia Drop of Lettuce With Fungicides 2019
Sep 4, 2019

Soil-borne Lettuce Pathogens - Sep, 2019
Aug 21, 2019

Plant Produced Chemicals Help Keep Diseases in Check - 2019
Aug 7, 2019

Survival of Plant Pathogens in The Desert
Jul 24, 2019

Summer soil flooding as a management tool for Sclerotinia lettuce drop 2019
Jul 10, 2019

Soil Solarization: A Management Tool for Lettuce Fusarium Wilt
Jun 26, 2019

Sudden Wilt and Death of Melon Plants 2019
Jun 12, 2019

Melon Powdery Mildew 2019
May 29, 2019

Comparing Fungicides for Lettuce Powdery Mildew Management
May 15, 2019

Comparison of Melon Powdery Mildew Fungicides
May 1, 2019

Melon Powdery Mildew - 2019
Apr 17, 2019

Lettuce Powdery Mildew Fungicides Evaluated
Apr 3, 2019

The Ups and Downs of Downy Mildew Severity
Mar 20, 2019

Gray Mold -2019

Mechanization

Sep 20, 2023

Band-Steam for Controlling Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce – Research Update
Sep 6, 2023

FIRA USA 2023 - Autonomous Farming and Agricultural Robotics Solutions Forum
Aug 23, 2023

Pre-Season Vegetable IPM Workshop
Aug 9, 2023

Soil Steaming for Weed and Disease Control – Demos on Your Farm
Jul 26, 2023

Ag Automation/Mechanization Technologies: Reader Suggestions
Jul 12, 2023

Novel Steam Applicator for Controlling Weeds in Spinach and Baby Leaf Lettuce Crops
Jun 28, 2023

Controlling Weeds in Spinach Using Soil Applied Steam – Trial Results
Jun 14, 2023

High-Speed Centimeter Scale Resolution Sprayer for Precision In-Row Weeding
May 31, 2023

Combatting Palmer Amaranth in Cotton with Tillage
May 17, 2023

FIRA USA 2023: Robotic and Autonomous Farming Solutions in Action Forum
May 3, 2023

Innovative Weeding Technology from Europe - #2
Apr 19, 2023

Video: Yuma – The Winter Salad Bowl
Apr 5, 2023

Wide Bed Steam Applicator for Controlling Weeds in Spinach – In Development
Mar 22, 2023

Innovative Weeding Technology from Europe
Mar 8, 2023

New Technologies for Pest Control at the 2023 Southwest Ag Summit
Feb 22, 2023

Innovations in Weed Control Technologies” Session at 2023 Southwest Ag Summit
Feb 8, 2023

Band-Steam Applicator Field Demo and Trial Results – 2023 Southwest Ag Summit
Jan 25, 2023

Innovations in Weed Control Technologies at the 2023 Southwest Ag Summit
Jan 11, 2023

Big Picture View on AgTech – CES 2023
Dec 14, 2022

Early Close Cultivation in Lettuce Crops?

Areawide Insect Trapping Network

Sep 20, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (September 20, 2023)
Sep 6, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (September 6, 2023)
Aug 23, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (August 23, 2023)
Aug 9, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (August 8, 2023)
Jul 26, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (July 26, 2023)
Jul 12, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (July 12, 2023)
Apr 5, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (April 5, 2023)
Mar 22, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (March 22, 2023)
Mar 8, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (March 8, 2023)
Feb 22, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (February 22, 2023)
Feb 8, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (February 8, 2023)
Jan 25, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (January25, 2023)
Jan 11, 2023

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (January 11, 2023)
Dec 14, 2022

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (December 14, 2022)
Nov 16, 2022

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (November 30, 2022)
Nov 16, 2022

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (November 16, 2022)
Nov 2, 2022

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (November 2, 2022)
Oct 19, 2022

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (October 19, 2022)
Oct 5, 2022

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (October 5, 2022)
Sep 21, 2022

Area wide Insect Trapping Network (September 21, 2022)

Biometeorology

Dec 11, 2019

Leaf Wetness Network - Dec 11, 2019
Nov 27, 2019

Leaf Wetness Network - Nov 27, 2019
Nov 13, 2019

Leaf Wetness Network - Nov 13, 2019
Oct 2, 2019

Leaf Wetness Network - Oct 2, 2019
Sep 18, 2019

Leaf Wetness Network - Sep, 18 2019
Sep 4, 2019

Leaf Wetness Network - Sep 4, 2019
Aug 21, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Aug 21, 2019
Aug 7, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Aug 7, 2019
Jul 24, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Jul 24, 2018
Jul 10, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Jul 10, 2019
Jun 26, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Jun 26, 2019
Jun 12, 2019

Leaf Wetness Network - Jun 12, 2019
May 29, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - May 29, 2019
May 15, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - May 15, 2019
May 1, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - May 1, 2019
Apr 17, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Apr 17, 219
Apr 3, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Apr 3, 2019
Mar 20, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Mar 20, 2019
Mar 6, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Mar 6, 2019
Feb 6, 2019

Leaf Wetness Update - Feb 6, 2019

Soil Science

Sep 20, 2023

Management Proposals for Colorado River Water
Sep 6, 2023

Soil Physical Properties and Soil Health
Aug 23, 2023

Colorado River Water & Arizona Agriculture
Aug 9, 2023

Update on International Fertilizer Price Fluctuations
Jul 26, 2023

Soil Formation
Jul 12, 2023

Crop Monitoring and Water and Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Chile Production
Jun 28, 2023

The Art and Science of Crop Production
Jun 14, 2023

Crop Growth, Development, Nutrient, and Water Demand for Irrigated Chile (Capsicum annuum) (2023)
May 31, 2023

International Fertilizer Price Fluctuations
May 17, 2023

Irrigation Efficiency and Crop Water Use (2023)
May 3, 2023

Basic Root System Development
Apr 19, 2023

Melon/Cantaloupe Crop Demand of Water and Nitrogen
Apr 5, 2023

Cantaloupe (Melon) Growth and Development
Mar 22, 2023

Fertilizer Resources
Mar 8, 2023

Colorado River Water Shortage – Agricultural Perspectives (2023)
Feb 22, 2023

Colorado River Water Shortage – Agricultural Perspectives
Feb 8, 2023

Colorado River Water Shortage – Recent Proposals
Jan 25, 2023

Soil Health – A Brief Introduction
Jan 11, 2023

Water Management in Desert Agriculture
Dec 14, 2022

Water Shortages and Crop Water Management

Other Updates

Mar 23, 2022

Pythium Wilt of Lettuce in Arizona
Feb 9, 2022

Weed Survey of Yuma County
Feb 9, 2022

Smartphone App for Weed ID
Jan 26, 2022

Swinecress
Jan 12, 2022

Weeds Seasonality