Pistachio Notes Newsletter

• 'UC Westside' - A New Cultivar Release Part of a New Team to Pollenize 'Kerman' Better
• Plant Nutrition is Seldom the Cause of Unsatisfactory Pistachio Yields in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California
• Craig Kallsen Retirement 

• Can a Table of Weather Variables from an Experimental Trial (2014-2022) Teach Us Anything about the Adaptation of Pistachio to the climate of the San Joaquin Valley of California?

• 2023 Statewide Pistachio Day
• Wednesday, January 18, 2023
• Visalia Convention Center
• See attached for details and registration link

• Monday, November 14, 2022
• UCCE Kern County Conference Room
• 1031 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield
• See attached for agenda and registration link

• Some odd observations of the 2022 harvest
• Unusual Gopher Damage in Bearing Pistachio Trees
• Epicarp Lesion versus Internal Kernel Discoloration (IKD) in Pistachio
• "Off-type" Golden Hills Trees Found in Some Orchards. A Bud Sport is Suspected.

• Advances in Pistachio Water Management Workshop
• July 7, 2022 at International Agri-Center, Tulare
• See attached agenda with registration link 

• Hot Time in Kern County during Kerman Bloom:  A Heads Up!

• 2022 Statewide Pistachio Day
• Wednesday and Thursday, January 19-20, 2022
• Conference is Virtual 
• See attached for details and registration link

• Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA
• November 30, 2021 - 12:00pm to 4:00pm
• See attached for registration link

• 2020-2021 Fall and Winter Chilling for Pistachio
• Why the UCBI Rootstock is Salinity Tolerant

• Upcoming Virtual Vertebrate Pest Webinar
• Three 2-hour sessions, March 30, March 31, and April 1
• Continuing Education Credits available
• See attached for agenda and registration link 

• Look Out for Pistachio Winter Juvenile Tree Dieback (WJTD) at Leaf-Out
• Get the Early-Blooming Cultivars Pruned Earlier!
• The Dormant Period is a Good Time to Leach Salt but Should be Conducted with Nitrogen in Mind 

• UC ANR Virtual, Multi-Day Pistachio Production Short Course in November 2020
• See notice for registration and agenda links 

• Pistachio Irrigation Monitoring and Scheduling Demonstration
• See link attached for complete data and demonstration

• Unusual Pistachio Tree Bloom and Leaf Canopy Development in Kern County  

• Pistachio Trees in Kern County Signaling a Great Winter Rest Period! 

• 51st Tri County Walnut Day - February 6, 2020
• Fresno State Walnut Rootstock Survey
• 2020 Statewide Pistachio Day - January 22, 2020
• See attached for information and registration links 

• 2020 Statewide Pistachio Day
• Wednesday, January 22, 2020
• Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, CA
• See attached for details and registration link

• Tuesday, November 5 - Thursday, November 7, 2019
• Field Tour Friday, November 8, 2019
• Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, CA
• See flyer for course information and registration link

• Golden Hills and Leaf Scorch

• Getting the Most Out of a Golden Hills Pistachio Harvest 

• Winter Juvenile Tree Dieback (WJTD) - a Problem in Pistachio in the San Joaquin Valley

• Pistachio Crop Insurance Plan Listening Sessions for Growers, Insurance Company Staff and Agents 
• Monday, March 11 at Kern Ag Pavilion 
• See more for other locations and details

• Dormant Training of 'Golden Hills'
• A Blast From The Past!
• Running Out Of Time To Get Help From Mother Nature In Getting Those Pre-Emergent Herbicides Applied
• Insufficient Spring Irrigation Increases Abnormal Splitting of Pistachio Nuts    

• Pistachio Evapotranspiration Project Meeting
• Tuesday, January 22, 2019
• Kearney Ag Research and Extension Center, Parlier
• See agenda and RSVP contact information

• 2019 Statewide Pistachio Day, Wednesday, January 16th
• See agenda and registration link
• 2018-2019 Winter Rest Calculation  

• Meetings concerning USDA Tree Assistance Program (TAP) assistance for growers affected by Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome

• Scientific Irrigation Scheduling in Permanent Crops
• Links That You Can Use

• Wednesday, May 30, 2018
• Harris Ranch in Coalinga, California
• Online registration
• See attached for workshop and field schedule

• 2018 University of California's Pistachio Day
• Wednesday, January 17, 2018  -  7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Visalia Convention Center - Visalia, California
• Please see newsletter for information and agenda

• November 28th - 29th, 2017
• Kern County Farm Bureau
• See attached links for agenda and registration 

• Pistachio Short Course Coming to Visalia, November 14-16, 2017
• Kern County Harvest Timing, Yield and etc.
• Notes on planting Gumdrop  

• Wednesday, July 19, 2017 - 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Kings County Fairgrounds
• See attached for registration and event information

• New Lab Opens for Testing for Rhodococcus Bacteria
• See attached for information 

• Maybe We Should Try Calculating Something Else?
• Calculate your predicted yield
• Better Safe than Sorry?
• Drying Weeds Mean More Pests on and around Pistachio

• Tuesday, February 28, 2017
• 31000 Kimberlina Road
• See attached for details

• UCANR Pistachio Production Manual Now Available
• Botryosphaeria Panicle And Shoot Blight Risk Higher In Wet Years
• Botrytis Blossom And Shoot Blight At Bloom
• Statewide Pistachio Day 2017

• Please see attached for more information

• 2017 University of California's Pistachio Day
• Wednesday, January 18, 2017  -  7:45 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, California  
• Please see newsletter for information and agenda

• Smiling Trees

• Almond Orchard Grinding Demonstration
• Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - Chowchilla, CA
• See attached flyer

• Second Call for Statewide Pistachio Day 2016 - January 20, 2016
• Pistachio Chilling Accumulation on Right Path in Kern County
• Basic Pistachio Nutrition with Tips for Southern San Joaquin Valley Growers   

• Pistachio Day -  January 20, 2016  -  8:00 am to 4:40 pm                                    Visalia Convention Center

• Water Management Strategies For Perennial Crops With Limited and Impaired Water Supplies
• January 12th and January 13th in Modesto, CA

As promised in my recent newsletter regarding the upcoming meeting on Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome, additional information as to the location of the meeting on the Cal State Bakersfield campus appears below.

• Special Rhodococcus Edition

California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)

Grapevine Registration and Certification Program

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

University of California Cooperative Extension Kern County

1031 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93307

Weekly Crop ET Update

Evaluation of the Pistachio Pilot Crop Insurance Plan Listening Sessions for Growers and Crop Insurance Company Staff and Agents

Thursday, April 30th - Kern County 9:00 am - 11:00 am at Hodel's Country Dining

Tuesday, May 5th - Madera County 9:00 am - 11:00 am at Madera Municipal Golf Course 

Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome and Rhodococcus Event at Kern Agricultural Pavilion

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Irrigating Pistachio

Leaffooted Bugs

Kern Spring Irrigation Workshop - Thursday, March 26, 2015

UCCE Kern County Conference Room, 1031 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA

Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome - Questions and Answers

We regret to advise that the February 2015 edition of the Pistachio Notes Newsletter was inadvertently re-posted to our website and notification emails announcing the "new" edition were mistakenly sent to subscribers of the newsletter.  The duplicate post has been deleted from our website and there is no new edition of the Pistachio Notes Newsletter being published at this time.

We apologize for any confusion this mistake has caused.

Centennial Celebration - Thursday, August 21, 2014 - Kern Ag Pavilion

Drought Resources

Rhodococcus fascians Associated with some UCB-1 Rootstocks

Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program (ILRP) Update and Certification Training

Workshop flyer with corrected contact information for Brian Marsh, 661-868-6210

Phytoplasmas

2014 Statewide Pistachio Day                                                                             Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Visalia Convention Center, 303 East Acequia Avenue, Visalia, CA

Gill's Mealybug in Pistachios, Thursday, August 29, 2013

2013 Annual Pistachio Day

Visalia Convention Center

Wednesday, January 13, 2013

2012 Annual Pistachio Day
Visalia Convention Center
Wednesday, January 18, 2012