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IN THIS ISSUE<br />
A New Generation<br />
of Precision Spray<br />
Technology<br />
Using N-Rich Reference<br />
Zones to Inform In-Season<br />
Nitrogen Fertilization<br />
Practices in California<br />
Small Grains<br />
A Review of Pythium<br />
Diseases in Row Crops<br />
Plastic Mulches Reduce<br />
Spotted-Wing Drosophila<br />
Infestation in Fall-Bearing<br />
Raspberry<br />
New Findings on Limb<br />
Dieback of Figs in<br />
California<br />
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PUBLISHER: Jason Scott<br />
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EDITOR: Marni Katz<br />
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Cecilia Parsons<br />
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS & INDUSTRY SUPPORT<br />
Amaya Atucha<br />
University of Wisconsin, Madison<br />
Steve Booher<br />
Founder & CEO, Smart Guided®<br />
Systems, LLC<br />
Nick Clark<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
Warren E. Clark<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
Surendra K. Dara<br />
UCCE Entomology and Biologicals<br />
Advisor<br />
Giuliano Galdi<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
Tom Getts<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
Christelle Guédot<br />
University of Wisconsin, Madison<br />
Steven Koike<br />
TriCal Diagnostics<br />
Michelle Leinfelder-Miles<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
Sarah Light<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
Mark Lundy<br />
Department of Plant Sciences,<br />
UC Davis<br />
Konrad Mathesius<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
Hanna McIntosh<br />
University of Wisconsin, Madison<br />
Themis J. Michailides<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
David Morgan<br />
UC Cooperative Extension<br />
Taylor Nelsen<br />
Department of Plant Sciences,<br />
UC Davis<br />
Jerome Pier Ph.D.<br />
CCA, PCA, Board Chairman, Western<br />
Region Certified Crop Advisors<br />
Zheng Wang<br />
UCCE Vegetable Crops Farm<br />
Advisor, Stanislaus County<br />
Heping Zhu<br />
Agricultural Engineer and Lead<br />
Scientist, USDA-ARS Application<br />
Technology Research Unit<br />
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Enhancing Diamondback<br />
Moth Management with<br />
Mating Disruption<br />
Vegetable Growers<br />
Express Impressions,<br />
Concerns and Hope for<br />
Crop Biostimulants<br />
Life After Methyl Bromide<br />
in California Berries<br />
Understanding CCA<br />
Certification Exams<br />
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UC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION<br />
ADVISORY BOARD<br />
Surendra Dara<br />
UCCE Entomology and<br />
Biologicals Advisor, San Luis<br />
Obispo and Santa Barbara<br />
Counties<br />
Kevin Day<br />
UCCE Pomology Farm Advisor,<br />
Tulare and Kings Counties<br />
Elizabeth Fichtner<br />
UCCE Farm Advisor,<br />
Tulare County<br />
Katherine Jarvis-Shean<br />
UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor,<br />
Sacramento, Solano and<br />
Yolo Counties<br />
Steven Koike<br />
Tri-Cal Diagnostics<br />
Jhalendra Rijal<br />
UCCE Integrated Pest<br />
Management Advisor,<br />
Stanislaus County<br />
Kris Tollerup<br />
UCCE Integrated Pest Management<br />
Advisor, Fresno, CA<br />
Mohammad Yaghmour<br />
UCCE Area Orchard Systems<br />
Advisor, Kern County<br />
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