Fruits & Vegetables
- August 21, 2024
- Tomato disease spreads to Sacramento Valley fields
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The fungal disease southern blight impacts a processing tomato field. Growers have limited options for managing the disease, which can cause tomato plants to permanently wilt, reducing yields.
Photo/Alex Putnam/University of California, Riverside
- August 7, 2024
- Heat hurts tomato haul as harvest begins
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Tremont Farms owner Tommy Bottoms, center, who grows processing tomatoes in Yolo and Solano counties, supervises his crew to ensure operations remain smooth during the first day of harvest last week in Winters. Growers projected a lighter crop this year due to the intense heat waves.
Photo/Caleb Hampton
- August 7, 2024
- Market share for organic berries, other fruits grows
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Harvested blueberries line the fields of Porterville-based Homegrown Organic Farms. Sales of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries have overtaken packaged salads as the top organic produce item.
Photo/Homegrown Organic Farms
- July 24, 2024
- USDA facility to enhance crop production research
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New greenhouses at the Sam Farr Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center in Salinas will be used to conduct fruit and vegetable research.
Photo/Bob Johnson
- July 24, 2024
- Beneficial bugs from drones help manage pests in lettuce
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A drone releases green lacewing eggs and predatory mites over a Salinas Valley lettuce field. Researchers say such aerial applications show promise for controlling aphids and other pests.
Photo/Addie Adams/UC Davis
- July 10, 2024
- Evolving downy mildew strains test spinach growers
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Jim Correll, a University of Arkansas plant pathologist, specializes in spinach disease research, including in the Salinas Valley. While incidents of spinach downy mildew remain low, he says the disease is challenging because it continues to develop new strains.
Photo/Bob Johnson
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