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Vegetable Notes - Special Edition
Processing Tomatoes
September 2002

UCCE Farm Advisors:

Fresno - Jesus Valencia
Kern County - Joe Nunez
Madera & Merced Counties - Scott Stoddard
Tulare & Kings Counties - Michelle Le Strange

Table of Contents

Introduction

Tips for using Ethephon effectively

Whitewash fruit protectant: looks good, but does it work?

IRRIGATION

 

Balancing yields & solids

 

Maintaining drip systems

WEEDS

 

Dodder control strategies

 

Weed seed banks in soil

DISEASES

 

Bacterial canker disease

 

Blackmold disease control

INSECTS

 

Monitoring stink bug

 

How to do it yourself: stink bug model on-line

UC VRIC - Information on-line

PTAB - Quality standards

SOURCES OF INFORMATION