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Growing the Valley — 96 episodes

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ACC research in olives with Becky Wheeler-Dykes

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Distribution uniformity return on investment tool

3

2026 Prune Fruit Set, GDH30, and Cost of Thinning

4

Last update from the 3rd generation Regional Almond Variety Trial

5

The effect of pollen on pistachio fruit and polyphenol deposition

6

2026: Earlier Almond Irrigation Start Revisited

7

Encore: Earlier Irrigation Start in Almond

8

Polyphenol deposition in pistachios - what is it, and how do cultivar and irrigation influence it?

9

The benefits of applying almond hulls and shells as mulch in orchards

10

Red Leaf Blotch (2026)

11

Boron fertilization of olives

12

Pistachio hull split - how does it happen and why does it change across years?

13

Encore: Leslie Holland on Botryosphaeria in Almonds

14

Pistachio pollination biology and artificial pollination

15

Water use in regenerative and cover cropped orchards

16

2026 Water outlook episode

17

Self-Fertile Nonpareil: Sierra Gold (2025)

18

Self-Fertile Nonpareil: Burchell (2025)

19

Walnut Mold (2025)

20

In a Water Scarce Future, How Should we Design Almond Orchards?

21

Pulling Past Almond Irrigation Lessons Forward at the Nickels Soil Lab

22

Almond Environmental Bud Failure / Monterey Leafing Failure (2025)

23

Almond Non-Infectious Bud Failure

24

What is regenerative agriculture? With Amelie Gaudin

25

Walnut scale with Elizabeth Fichtner

26

Prunes: Fruit Growth through Postharvest

27

Prunes: From Buds through Fruit Thinning

28

Oak Root Fungus with Roger Duncan (2025)

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Warm Season Phytophthora in Almond with Jim Adaskaveg (2025)

30

How do pistachio shells split? With Shuxiao Zhang and Georgia Drakakaki

31

Managing Johnsongrass in Orchards with Ryan Hill (2025)

32

New Walnut Rootstocks (2025)

33

Leaffooted Plant Bug & Stink Bugs Part 2: Integrated Management (2025)

34

Leaffooted Plant Bug & Stink Bugs Part I: Phenology and Monitoring (2025)

35

Gophers, Ground Squirrels, Voles, Roof Rats, and Deer Mice… Oh My! (2025)

36

An Earlier Start to Irrigation in Almond (2025)

37

Tree Destroyer: Cytospora in Prune (2025)

38

The effects of wildfire smoke on nut crops

39

Walnut Rest-Breaking Agents with Katherine Jarvis-Shean

40

Nonstructural carbohydrates, dormancy and bloom of tree nuts

41

Tree nut production and water use outside of the United States

42

The Future of Irrigation with Tom Devol (2024)

43

Tree Destroyer: Phellinus in Prunes (2024)

44

Encore: Avocado orchard recovery after wildfire with Ben Faber

45

Walnut Freeze: Remaining Vigilant

46

Carpophilus truncatus update with Jhalendra Rijal

47

Almond Variety Trials 10 Years In

48

Nitrogen uptake of Golden Hills and Lost Hills

49

The Walnut Variety Trial and the Walnut Improvement Program

50

Are we measuring chill incorrectly? With Giulia Marino

51

Encore: Potassium fertilization with Phoebe Gordon

52

Isaya Kisekka on passive plant water status measurement devices

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Prune Brownline Disease with Jaime Ott

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Sterile Insect Technique update with Houston Wilson

55

Why woodchip size may matter with whole orchard recycling

56

Encore: Sarah Light on Soil Health

57

Florent Trouillas on the 2023 aerial phytophthora outbreak in almonds

58

Monterey Almond Maladies

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Amisha Poret-Peterson on soil microbiome basics

60

Encore: Lu Zhang on Dust During Pistachio Bloom

61

Daniele Zaccaria on cover crop research in pistachios

62

When to Start Irrigating Walnuts

63

Carpophilus truncatus with Houston Wilson

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Encore: Pecan Basics with Dr. Richard Heerema

65

Florent Trouillas on the use of Orondis in pistachios

66

New UC Davis Prune Varieties Prove Promising

67

Encore: Pistachio Dormancy with Craig Kallsen

68

The War Against Navel Orangeworm in 2023-2024

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Nematode Management in Walnut: 2023

70

Evapotranspiration of pistachios in saline conditions with Daniele Zaccaria

71

Whole orchard recycling: application, fertilization, and diseases with Brent Holtz

72

Navel Orangeworm mating disruption neighbors program

73

Pacific flatheaded borer update with Jhalendra Rijal

74

Ganoderma adspersum update with Daisy Hernandez

75

Whole orchard recycling in walnuts with Luke Milliron

76

Phosphorus fertilization in newly planted almonds with Phoebe Gordon

77

Testing Treatments for Low Winter Chill in Walnut

78

Sacramento Valley March Orchard Tasks in 2023

79

Leaffooted Bug Lure update with Houston Wilson

80

Compost May Not Improve Orchard Performance with Roger Duncan

81

Bacterial canker with Mohammad Yaghmour

82

Walnut Freeze with Luke Milliron

83

Cover crops on NOW mortality with Kadie Britt

84

Heat Mitigation with Ben Faber

85

Mechanical Hedging of Prunes with Rich Rosecrance and Becky Wheeler-Dykes

86

Encore: Cytospora in Prune with Themis Michailides

87

Black Fig Fly with Kadie Britt

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Almond Harvest Timing with Mel Machado

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Irrigation in Prune with Franz Niederholzer

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Drought in Almond with Ken Shackel

91

Breeding Pt. 5: Prune with Sarah Castro

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Encore: Field Evaluation of Almond Varieties - Results Through 7th Leaf

93

Spotted Lanternfly with Surendra Dara

94

Whole Orchard Recycling Update with Mae Culumber and Brent Holtz

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ETa with Mallika Nocco

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Walnut Dormancy with Katherine Jarvis-Shean