Posts Tagged: pistachio
UC President Janet Napolitano and the President's Advisory Commission tour Kearney in April 2014.
UC President Janet Napolitano and the President's Advisory Commission visited KARE on April 14, 2014. The stated purpose of the visit was to meet with the PAC to discuss issues facing agriculture and to visit KARE and learn more about what we do and the importance of our research and outreach. The President learned about the work we are doing to control mosquitos (Anton Cornel), our work to support small farmers and the blueberry industry (Manuel Jimenez), the use of AF36 to control aflatoxin in pistachios (Themis Michailides), and the importance of rootstocks (Louise Ferguson). The President and her PAC were engaged and enthusiastic about their visit to the Center. We also shared information on what we are doing to conserve energy and provided a general field tour. The Fresno Bee wrote an article on the visit.
Anton Cornel shares information on his mosquito control research program with the UC president and her advisory commission.
Manual Jimenez discusses his blueberry research and extension program with the UC president and her advisory commission.
Themis Michailides discusses his work on AF36 with the UC president and her advisory commission.
Louise Ferguson discusses the importance of rootstocks with the UC president and her advisory commission.
Robert Ray and Jeffery Dahlberg discussed Kearney's energy conservation strategies and different field research projects conducted at KARE with the UC president and her advisory commission.
Pistachio producers support the power of research
The California Pistachio Research Board (CPRB) held a meeting at Kearney on January 17, 2013, to allow research programs to present research proposals for 2013 research funding. Twenty-eight research proposals were presented at the meeting, requesting a total of $1,076,000.
Commodity research board funding is an essential part of University of California research programs. Established by a 2007 pistachio producer referendum, the CPRB is a state marketing order that receives mandatory assessments from pistachio producers and awards funds to research on pistachio propagation, production, harvesting, handling and preparation for market. It also provides pistachio growers with educational materials and opportunities. The CRPB compiled and the Administrative Committee for Pistachios provides a searchable database of archived pistachio research reports from 1980 through 2010.
In 2012, the CPRB awarded a total of $564,500 to twenty research projects. This year, the CPRB has $1.6 million available for pistachio research. The award notices will be made in early March.
California Pistachio Research Board meeting attendees participating in the research project proposal presentation process.
Turning Over a New Leaf (Footed Bug)
When you first see the leaffooted bug, you know immediately how it got its name. The appendages on...
Close-up of leaffooted bug. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Leaffooted bugs making pomegranates their kitchen, living room and bedroom. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Beady eyes, colorful antennae and appendages on its feet that look like leaves. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Penchant for Pistachios Leads to Startling Find
Chemical ecologists at the University of California, Davis, are changing their navel-orangeworm...
Navel Orangeworm
Young scientist Gabriel Leal