2017 Production
Research Report Projects
Entomology Research
- Understanding Aggregation Behavior of the Leaffooted bug, Leptoglossus zonatus - Andrea Joyce
- Another Look at Pheromonal or Related Attractants for Leaffooted Bugs (Leptoglossus spp.) Infesting California Nut Crops - Jocelyn Millar
- Population Dynamics and Epidemiology of Navel Orangeworm Damage to Pistachios: Comparing Application Efficacy, Ground vs Air - Joel Siegel
- Population Dynamics and Epidemiology of Navel Orangeworm Damage to Pistachios: Influence of Mating Disruption on Trap Capture - Joel Siegel
- Population Dynamics and Epidemiology of Navel Orangeworm Damage to Pistachios: Weekly Damage - Joel Siegel
Horticulture Research
- Automated Solid State Canopy Delivery (SSCD) System to Deliver Mist-Cooling to Increase Winter Chill for Dormancy and Bud Break - Yiannis Ampatzidis
- Evaluation of Rootstocks for Pistachio Production - Robert H. Beede
- Effect of Hedging and Topping on Pistachio Alternate Bearing - Robert H. Beede
- Evaluation of Mechanical and Chemical Strategies to Enhance Winter Chill Accumulation in Pistachios - Gurreet Brar
- Winter Applied Spray Amendment Impact on Winter Chill Accumulation, Carbohydrate Levels, Flowering, Leaf Out and Yield - Mae Culumber
- Cellular, Subcellular and Molecular Characterization of Salinity Tolerance in Pistachio with Novel Tools - Georgia Drakakaki
- Bud Abscission Dynamics in Pistachios as a Function of Branch Carbohydrate Status and Embryo Growth - Louise Ferguson
- Determining the Effect of Acadian LSC Seaweed Extract on Pistachio Inflorescence Bud Abscission - Louise Ferguson
- Evaluation of Postharvest Quality Changes of Fresh Hulled Pistachios During Cold Storage - Louise Ferguson
- Field Dust: How It Affects Pistachio Pollination - Louise Ferguson
- Investigation of Nut Blanking and Shell Splitting of Pistachio Based on Thermal Unit - Louise Ferguson
- Model Comparisons of Pistachio Nut Growth and the Development of Web Applications - Louise Ferguson
- Clonal UCB-1 Pistachio Rootstock Micropropagation: Is Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome a Variant that Occurred in Tissue Culture? - Deborah Golino
- Development of New, Reliable, Vigorous, Clonal Rootstocks - Deborah Golino
- Identification of Superior UCB-1 Rootstocks using DNA Markers - Deborah Golino
- Evaluation of Pistachio Breeding Selections, 2017-18 - Craig Kallsen
- High Density Planting Investigations in Pistachio - Bruce Lampinen
- Irrigation Investigations in Pistachio - Bruce Lampinen
- Determination of Soil-Plant-Water Dynamics of Mature Pistachio Orchards Grown Under Saline Conditions - Daniele Zaccaria
- Development of Physiology Based Methods for Sustainable Management of Pistachios Under Changing Central Valley Climatic Conditions - Maciej Zwieniecki
- Physiology of Sodium Management in Pistachio: Stem Adaptations - Maciej Zwieniecki
Pathology Research
- Real-time, In-situ Detection of Volatile Profiles for the Prevention of Aflatoxin Fungal Contamination in Pistachios - Tiziana C. Bond
- Soil Survival, Root Infectivity, and Management of Rhodococcus spp. Causing Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome - Elizabeth Fichtner
- (Re‐)examining the Role of Rhodococcus in Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome - Johan Leveau
- Baseline Sensitivity to Benzovindiflupyr of Alternaria alternata Isolates Exposed to SDHI Fungicides in Pistachio with Alternaria Late Blight Disease - Themis J. Michailides
- Factors Affecting the Efficacy of AF36 Improvement of the Biocontrol Agent and Monitoring Commercial Applications - Themis J. Michailides
- Fungicide Sensitivity of Colletotrichum fioriniae Causing Anthracnose on Pistachios in California - Themis J. Michailides
- Management of Alternaria Late Blight of Pistachio - Themis J. Michailides
- Survival and Resistance Stability of SDHI Fungicides on Different Alternaria alternata Mutants Causing Alternaria Late Blight in Pistachios - Themis J. Michailides
- Early Detection of Pistachio Botryosphaeria Panicle Blight Disease Using High-throughput Plant Phenotyping - Alireza Pourreza
- Investigating Canker Diseases of Pistachio in California - Florent Trouillas
- Investigating Soil Borne Diseases of Pistachio in California - Florent Trouillas
- Characterizing Pistachio Rootstocks for Host Status to Plant-Parasitic Nematodes - Andreas Westphal