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AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES FOR MANAGING TRUNK DISEASE IN TABLE GRAPE VINEYARDS
MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021. BY KENDRA BAUMGARTNER, PHD, USDA, JOHNATHAN KAPLAN, PHD, CSU SACRAMENTO, & MAX NORTON, PHD, CSU SACRAMENTO.
California is the nation’s leading grower and sole exporter of table grapes [California Department of Food and Agriculture, 2017], with over 99% of US commercial table grapes grown in California [California Table Grape Commission (CTGC), 2017]. In 2016, the state’s 85,166 bearing acres of commercial table grapes produced 939,294 metric tons of grapes, valued at $1.85 billion [CTGC, 2017; CTGC, 2016]. Most of this acreage is located in the southern San Joaquin Valley.
Trunk, or wood-canker diseases, including Botryosphaeria dieback, Esca, Eutypa dieback, and Phomopsis dieback, present a serious challenge to the productivity of vineyards of all types. The majority of California vineyards over age 10 are likely infected [Hillis et al., 2015]. Rain dur
MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021. BY XERCES SOCIETY.
Monarch butterfly larvae. (Photo: Charlie Starr IV)
Many insect pollinators are declining in California, including bees and butterflies. The Western monarch population has declined 99.9% since the 1980s, likely due to multiple factors including habitat loss and degradation, pesticides, and climate change. One important step we can take to protect these important animals is to increase the amount of habitat available to these species. To this end, The Xerces Society is offering habitat kits that contain climate-smart native plants to project partners who are willing to provide the time, labor, and land to develop habitats that support monarchs and other pollinators in California.
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This year’s Lodi Grape Day was held on Tuesday, February 2nd, and the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and The Lodi Chamber of Commerce’s Agribusiness Committee hosted this event for the first time virtually.
A video recording of all presentations is now available along with closed captioning. To turn on closed captioning: once the video is open, you will see at the bottom of the video on the right-hand side that there are tools you can select. Select the second icon that says CC. To watch the video, click below:
The day was wonderful with a packed agenda and a fantastic lineup of speakers. The agenda included a nice mix of viticulture and enology topics, as follows:
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