Agriculture in California

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

California produces almonds worth $5.3 billion every year. That is 100% of commercial almonds in the United States, 100% of all of North America, and 80% of commercial almonds around the world.

Agriculture is a significant sector in California's economy, producing nearly US$50 billion in revenue in 2018. There are more than 400 commodity crops grown across California, including a significant portion of all fruits, vegetables, and nuts in the United States.[1] In 2017, there were 77,100 unique farms and ranches in the state, operating across 25.3 million acres (10,200,000 hectares) of land. The average farm size was 328 acres (133 ha), significantly less than the average farm size in the U.S. of 444 acres (180 ha).[1]

Because of its scale, and the naturally arid climate, the agricultural sector uses about 40 percent of California's water consumption.[2] The agricultural sector is also connected to other negative environmental and health impacts, including being one of the principal sources of water pollution.

Value

Rice paddies just north of Sacramento

The table below shows the top 21 commodities, by dollar value, produced in California in 2017.[1] Between 2016 and 2017, there were increases by more than 2% in total value for the following crops: almonds, dairy, grapes and cattle. The largest increase was seen in almond sales, which increased by 10.9% from 2016 to 2017, due to both increases in crop volume produced and the average market price for a pound of almonds. Dairy sales increased 8.2% from 2016 to 2017 due to an increase in the average price for milk, despite a slight decrease in total milk production. Grape sales increased by 3.1% from 2016 to 2017 due to an increase in price per ton of grape (from $832 per short ton ($917/t) in 2016 to $847 per short ton ($934/t) in 2017). Cattle sales also increased by 2.7% from 2016 to 2017.[3][4]

Crop Annual value (billions of USD)
Dairy (milk and cream) $6.56
§ Grapes $5.79
§ Almonds $5.60
§ Cannabis (legal sales) $3.1
§ Strawberries $3.1
Cattle and Calves $2.63
§ Lettuce $2.51
Walnuts $1.59
§ Tomatoes $1.05
Pistachios $1.01
Broilers (poultry) $0.94
Oranges $0.93
§ Broccoli $0.85
Hay $0.76
Rice $0.68
Carrots $0.62
Lemons $0.61
Tangerines $0.54
Cotton $0.48
§ Raspberries $0.45
Garlic $0.39
David Packard's home and apricots

Specific crops

Alfalfa

Orloff et al., 2009 find

driving resistance here.[5]
: 230 

Almonds

California produces 80% of the world's almonds and 100% of the United States commercial supply.

almonds are not native to California, a hot, dry Mediterranean climate and developed water infrastructure create favorable conditions for commercial cultivation of the crop.[7] In 2020, there were 1.25 million acres (5,100 km2) devoted to almond farming in California, producing 2.8 billion pounds (1.3 Mt).[8]

Almonds are the state's most valuable export crop.[6] Farmers exported $4.9 billion worth to foreign countries in 2019, about 22% of the state's total agricultural exports, with the European Union, China and India as leading destinations.[6]

California almond farms import the majority of US commercial bee colonies to the state of California during the almond pollination season. Almond production in California is the source of several major environmental problems, including high demand for water and abundant waste of almond shells. As of 2021, due to a historic long-term drought in California, production was forecast to decline, and many almond orchards were being abandoned.[9]

Shipping disruptions, reductions in consumer spending, and trade disputes during 2020-21 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic affected logistics and pricing of almonds.[8]

Almonds contribute a mean of 0.77 pounds emissions per acre per year in Mediterranean agriculture systems.[10]

Apple

The Fuji variety is a recent import from Fujisaki, Aomori, Japan.[11][12] Introduced in the 1980s,[12] it quickly became the most produced apple here.[11]

For a common disease and treatment see § Fire Blight and § Streptomycin.

Apricot

For a common pest see § Cucumber Beetle.[13]

Seal of Santa Paula
Santa Paula
Huntington Library

Avocados

California farms produce 90% of all U.S.-grown

quarantine efforts were instituted, and are continuing.[17] (See § Polyphagous shot hole borer
below.)

For two

invasive pests which have significantly reduced grower earnings[18] see § Avocado Thrips and § Persea Mite
.

Barley

Barley stripe rust was first found near Tehachapi in May 1915 on Hordeum murinum by Johnson and reported by Humphrey et al., 1924.[19]: 9  Hungerford 1923 and Hungerford & Owens 1923 found the pathogen on cultivated barley in the central part of the state and also on H. murinum here.[19]: 9  See also § Stripe Rust.

Berries

Farmer's market in Santa Monica
Santa Monica

See:

Blueberry

The California Blueberry Commission represents growers.

UC IPM provides integrated pest management plans[21] for blueberry (Vaccinium
spp.).

Broccoli

Pesticide test plot, Salinas
Snail damage, LA
FSU researcher and Hmong
farmer
Broccoli field, Salinas

Almost all of the country's broccoli is grown here.[22] In 2021 that was 11,200 planted acres (4,500 ha), all of which was harvested.[22] The yield was 130.0 short hundredweight per acre (14,570 kg/ha; 13,000 lb/acre) for a harvest of 1,512,000 short hundredweight (68,600 t; 75,600 short tons).[22] There was only trace wastage.[22] Selling at a price of $51.50 per short hundredweight ($0.5150/lb; $1.135/kg), the year sold for $631,455,000.[22]

For an invasive pest of this crop see the painted bug § Bagrada hilaris.[23]

The typical

harvest residue in the coastal regions is 5 dry short tons per hectare (1.8 t/acre).[24] This is not necessarily a waste product, as it can be useful as fumigant, see § Isothiocyanate.[24]

Caneberry

California Blackberry

Caneberries (Rubus spp.) grown here include raspberry (see § Raspberry), blackberry, dewberry, olallieberry, and boysenberry.[25]

For a common disease of erect and trailing caneberry (excluding raspberry), see § Leaf Spot of Caneberry.

Cannabis

Indoor grow, Humboldt County
Humboldt County
Emerald Triangle

Cannabis is estimated to be the largest cash crop in California with a value of more than $11 billion.[26] The state provided most of the cannabis consumed in the United States prior to legalization which was intended to provide a transition to legal, licensed growing. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a detailed analysis of the environmental impact of growers operations. Statewide, 208 growers had obtained regular, annual licenses by July 2019. At this point of some 18 months into legalization, 1,532 growers were still operating on provisional permits as they went through the CEQA process that requires extensive paperwork.[27] Smaller farms were given five years to become established under legalization before larger growers were allowed to enter the market.[28] Under the regulations set to expire in 2023, growers can have only one medium licence but there is no limit on the number of small licenses an individual grower can have. This loophole has allowed larger growers to operate.[29]

Mendocino, and Trinity counties have long been known as Northern California's Emerald Triangle as it is estimated that 60 percent or more of all cannabis consumed in the United States is grown there. Registering and applying for permits has not been an easy decision for many long time growers in these three counties.[26]

In

Santa Barbara County, cannabis growing has taken over greenhouses that formerly grew flowers. In the first four months of legalization, the county had almost 800 permits issued for cultivators, the most of any county in the state.[29]

Calaveras County registered more than seven hundred cultivators after county voters approved a tax in 2016.[30]

Cherries

Cherry Valley

The California Cherry Board

marketing order representing growers and intermediaries here.[32] The USDA FAS's Market Access Program funds international advertising especially in Canada, South Korea, Japan, China, and Australia.[32] The state produces the earliest crop in the year[32] starting in mid-April.[33] Lasting until early or mid-June every year, this is the second heaviest harvest after Washington.[33]

Cultivars grown here[34] are harvested by hand with the stem (pedicel).[33]

San Joaquin County, near Lodi is the highest producing county.[33] Many of these are Bing.[33] As of 2022 newer Bing strains with better heat tolerance have recently been planted here as well as counties further south.[33]

Birds are common

for a repellent.

Besides

Tulare cultivars are also common.[34]

Citrus

The

quarantine are now underway.[39][40] (See § Asian citrus psyllid below.) DDT was formerly extensively used in this crop.[41] (See § DDT
.)

Cotton

Gossypium spp. are extensively grown in the Imperial Valley.[42]

establishment elsewhere in the southwest the San Joaquin Valley did not suffer permanent establishment.[44] SJV was protected by its sterile insect technique (SIT) program although neighbouring areas were continuously infested.[44] UC IPM provides management information.[45]

California was an early adopter of

Bt resistance has been slow to develop here and in Arizona and in Texas.[48] In the California/Arizona population Tabashnik et al., 2022 find Cry1Ac resistance and Cry2Ab resistance are common but the causative mutations do not cause Vip3Aa resistance.[49]

§ Bemisia tabaci strain B is common in the Imperial Valley.[50] The use of pyrethroids in the 1980s failed to control it and in deed caused a population increase.[50]

The southwest water shortage is reducing yield and acreage in the 2020s.[51]

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) surveys show this crop is a significant cause of groundwater-related subsidence.[52]

§ 1,3-dichloropropene and § Chloropicrin are effective against the complex of § Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum and § Nematode.[5]

Ortiz et al., 2017 provides a

University of California Integrated Pest Management (UC IPM) provides practices for its control[54] including Glenn County.[55]

Some Pythium spp. are seedborne diseases in cotton.[56][57] UC IPM provide management information.[56]

Several Tetranychus spider mite species are common on cotton here  including the Pacific Spider Mite (Tetranychus pacificus), the Two-Spotted Spider Mite (T. urticae)[58]: 18  and T. cinnabarinus.[59]

Cry2Ab2 through 2005 here and in Arizona.[62]

Pyrethrins are commonly used in this crop.[63]

Deynze et al., 2005 performs the first gene flow analysis in California cotton.[64] Deynze finds pollinators are responsible for almost 100%.[64][65]

Lacewings[66] and whiteflies (§ Bemisia tabaci strain B)[67]
are common pests of this crop.

G. barbadense is grown in a small part of the country including the southern part of this state.[68]

seed predator of this crop.[69]

Limonius spp. are pests of germination and seedling stage.[70]

bioinsecticide of mites.[71]

§ Lygus hesperus is often confused for other species including some beneficial insects.[72]

Spodoptera praefica is a late season pest and rarely an early season pest.[73]

§ Blapstinus spp. affect seedlings.[74]

Empoasca fabae is the most common leafhopper in the San Joaquin Valley.[75]

Euschistus servus damages bolls.[76]

§ Spodoptera exigua is a pest of seedlings, young plants, squares and early bolls.[77]

Caliothrips fasciatus is a pest of the mature plant.[78]

The larvae of § Heliothis virescens are pests of bolls and squares.[79]

Gryllus spp. are pests of the early stages.[59]

Bucculatrix thurberiella's harm is limited to the southern deserts only.[80]

Autographa californica is found mostly in May and early June here.[81]

§ Aphis gossypii is the most common aphid in this crop.[82]

§ Agrotis ipsilon is a pest of the young plants.[83]

Cucumbers

Campbell farmer's market

From 1997–2000,[84] the state's acreage varied between 10,500–11,000 acres (4,200–4,500 ha) bringing in $57,969,000–$67,744,000. By 2021[15] however the harvest was down to 1,038,500 short hundredweight (47,110 t; 51,920 short tons) from 6,700 acres (2,700 ha) for a yield of 155 short hundredweight per acre (17.4 t/ha; 7.8 short ton/acre), and at $23.2 per short hundredweight ($510/t; $464/short ton) that brought only $24,043,000.

Dairy

Dairy is a significant part of the agricultural output of the state of California. California ranks first out of the fifty states in dairy production. The state has about 1,300 dairy farms and 1.727 million dairy cows.[85] The state produces nearly 20 percent of all U.S. milk.[86]

Dates

Over 90% of US production is grown here, and most of that in the Coachella Valley.[87] The distant second is Arizona.[87] The 2020 harvest was 49,300 short tons (44,700 t) from 12,500 acres (5,100 ha), for a yield of 3.94 short tons per acre (8.8 t/ha).[87] The year's crop sold for $114 million, an average of $2,320 per short ton ($2,557/t).[87] The harvest extends from the beginning of October to the middle of December.[88]

The detection of the Red Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) in 2010 was very concerning to this valuable industry.[89][90] See § Red Palm Weevil.

Figs

Santa Rosa
Los Angeles

cultivar here.[91][92]

.

For common diseases see § Fig Smut and § Alternaria Rot of Fig.

Fish and shellfish

Relative to traditional farming, aquaculture is a small part of California's agricultural economy, generating only $175 million in 2014.[93] Oysters, abalone, mussels, channel catfish, rainbow trout, and salmon are farmed commercially.[94]

Grains

See § Barley and § Wheat.

Stripe rust is a continuous presence in the state.[19] It is believed to have arrived in or before the 1770s because newspapers reported it starting then, and because there is a greater presence today of stripe than leaf or stem.[19]: 3  See § Stripe Rust.

Grapes

Central Coast
Sonoma
root stock and for §Breeding
Rodney Strong Vineyards
Pickers resting in a vineyard

The 2020

wine grapes brought in $1.7 billion, down 15.3% year-on-year. By weight this was 17% lower versus 2018.[96] The next year, 2021[97] saw a much better yield. From 829,000 acres (335,000 ha) viniculturists got 6.94 short tons per acre (15.6 t/ha) for a total harvest of 5,755,000 short tons (5,221,000 t).[97] At an average of $909 per short ton ($1,002/t) they were paid $5,229,902,000 for the season.[97] Of that, 4,844,600 short tons (4,394,900 t) were for destined for processing industries (including wine, see § Wine below) and at $835 per short ton ($920/t) that was worth $4,046,382,000.[97] The fresh (table grape) harvest was 910,400 short tons (825,900 t) and selling at a price of $1,300 per short ton ($1,433/t), this sector was worth $1,183,520,000 for the season.[97]

The table grape and wine grape sectors are represented by the [98] and the California Association of Winegrape Growers.[99]

Table production is most concentrated in three counties and somewhat in another two.

Dollar value annually is $1,240 million in Kern, $682 in Tulare, $416 in Fresno, and in the top ten crops in Riverside and Madera.[100] California's own consumption of table production grew from 1980 to 2001 from 1.8 to 3.5 kilograms (4.0 to 7.7 lb) per capita per year.[101] Consumption here and throughout the country is so high that the country remains a net importer despite this state's production, which reached 71,000 short tons (64,000 t) in the 2015 table harvest.[101]

During

UC IPM recommends pruning.[102] UC IPM publishes recommendations for this and other tasks during dormancy.[102] Although thinning is often proven to improve wine qualities in many areas, some reviewers note a lack of benefit in thinning table grapes in this state's vineyards.[103]

Deyett et al., 2020 finds

Proteobacteria are the most common components of the microbiomes of this crop in this state's soils.[104]

This crop has also played a large part in farm labor relations in the state.[105]: 371  The Delano grape strike began among table grape workers before spreading to other industries.[105]: 371  See § Labor.

Leafroll, black measles
, nutrient deficit
Grape anthracnose
Along the Colorado River

Lettuce

UCCE's Vegetable Research & Information Center provides comprehensive production advice for this crop.[106]

Lettuce (

Central Coast, and deserts (the Imperial and Coachella valleys).[107] It is one of the most labor-intensive crops in the state.[108]

Aphids are a major problem for lettuce on the Central Coast.[109] See § Nasonovia ribisnigri for an important aphid, and § Toxomerus marginatus and § Platycheirus stegnus for biocontrols.

The Beet Armyworm (BAW,

Entrust are used but note that any spinosad (including Entrust) will also harm the parasitoids.[110]

Melons

For a common pest see § Cotton Aphid.

Nectarines

Tree at the LA County Arboretum
1893 engraving of a Mission with nectarine trees
Waste fruits to be composted
Waste to be composted

Because

nectarines are hairless peaches, for most information see § Peaches
.

Oak

Oaks (genus

Quercus) are cultivated for ornamental purposes and sometimes for acorns.[112] For a devastating disease see § Sudden Oak Death
.

Okra

Imperial County grows the largest number of acres in the state.[113]

Oleander

Oleander (Nerium spp.) suffers from various Xylella fastidiosa diseases here and there is some question as to whether and to what degree it shares inoculum with other crops including food crops.[114] See § Xf of oleander.

B. R. Cohn Winery
, 2008

Olives

Newton Pierce surveyed olive culture in the state and throughout the country for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1897.[115]

Olives throughout the state suffer from the

.

The

State of California. The commission was established as a result of a bill introduced by Lois Wolk.[118] The primary goal is to improve the sales of olive oil grown in California.[119]

Parsley

Peaches

Placer County
, 1922
Picking crew in the San Fernando Valley, 1890
San Fernando Valley harvest, 1890
MoMA
On sale at a grocery store in Fortuna, 2014
Grocery store in Fortuna, 2014
San Francisco Farmers' Market, 2014
Blooming trees, Redlands
Redlands
Fortuna Farmers' Market, 2016
Tule River Reservation
~1900AD
Yuba City
Tule River Reservation
~1900AD
Manzanar

California is the country's largest grower of peaches, producing about 70% of the total.[121]

The California Freestone Peach Association (CFPA)[122] and California Canning Peach Association/California Cling Peach Board (CCPA)[122][123] represent the industry.[124] (Although the CFPA is a separate incorporation, it has always been operated by the CCPA's staff.) The overwhelming majority of the country's peaches are grown here, in 2020 468,000 short tons (425,000 t) for sales of $308.3 million.[125] Since 1980 the total value of the harvest has been slightly increasing.[125] The acreage (hectares) planted in peach has been declining however, down to 73,000 acres (30,000 ha) as of 2020.[125]

As of 2021

cling deliveries for processing purposes have been on a downward trend for years.[126] From 430,000 short tons (390,000 t) in 2010, delivered tonnage declined to 225,000 short tons (204,000 t) in 2021.[126] Cling yield shows no clear trend over the same time, bouncing between 18.1 short tons per acre (41 t/ha) and 15.3 short tons per acre (34 t/ha).[126]

Prices have been trending mostly upward, from $317 per short ton ($349/t) in 2012 to $518 per short ton ($571/t).[126]

CCPA expects 2022 deliveries to be between 214,200–232,400 short tons (194,300–210,800 t) from a yield of 15.3–16.6 short tons per acre (34–37 t/ha).[126]

public breeding also being performed here.[127]

Pear

flowers
Pear tree flowers
Trees
A field of growing pear trees

Cultivation is heavily pesticide-dependent.

Bartlett cultivation here, 55% of the country's pears.[129] See § Fire Blight and for the most common treatment, § Streptomycin
.

Caliroa cerasi) is a minor pest here and usually easily controlled.[133] UC IPM recommends Entrust and Success (two Spinosad formulations).[133]

Integrated pest management (IPM) has a long history of successful use in this crop.[134]

Pistachios

Total pistachio acreage increased from 106,000 to 554,000 acres (43,000 to 224,000 ha) between 2002 and 2022 as the hardy trees can thrive with moderately salty water and soil, which is widespread in parts of the Central Valley.[135]

fungal diseases of pistachios here which often receive strobilurin, iprodione, azoxystrobin, and tebuconazole treatments.[138] See § Alternaria and § Botryosphaeria dothidea
.

Plums

SF farmer's market
Prune trees, San Fernando Valley, ~1900AD
Prunes, San Fernando Valley, ~1900AD
Picking prunes, ~1900-1909
Prunes, 1900s
Picking prunes in Kings County, 1905
Kings County
Drying prunes, 1908 or 1909

96% of the country's

Pome

Pomes grown here include § Apple and § Pear. For a common disease see § Fire Blight.

Pomegranates

In pomegranate (Punica granatum), Black Heart (or "Heart Rot") is one of the most common diseases, as it is around the world.[38]: 192  See § Black Heart.

Prunus

For Prunus spp. see § Stonefruit.

Raspberry

Oak Glen, San Bernardino County
Oak Glen

Over 80% of US raspberries (

marketer of 90% of raspberries from California and Mexico sold into the US.[141]

Leaf Spot is not common here.[25] See § Leaf Spot of Raspberry, or for an easily confused disease which does not affect this crop, see § Leaf Spot of Caneberry.

Rice

By 2006, California produced the second-largest rice crop in the United States,[142] after Arkansas, with production concentrated in six counties north of Sacramento.[143]

California's production is dominated by short- and medium-grain

Calrose, which makes up as much as 85% of the state's crop.[144]

Small grains

UC ANR (

cultivation practices and organizes farmer education events.[145] The small grains grown here are primarily wheat, barley, oats, and triticale,[145] see § Barley and § Wheat. UC-IPM also produces publications specifically for pest management in these crops.[146]

Although small grains are not a large part of the overall agricultural productivity of the state, they are important enough in particular locations for ANR to have

Golden State Grains is an industry initiative which also cooperates extensively with the University of California breeding programs.[150] GSG connects future farmers, present farmers, seed suppliers, processors, and consumers.[150]

See § Wild beet for a weed of these crops.

Stonefruit

Stonefruits are crops of the genus Prunus. For the largest harvests by weight see § Almond, § Apricot, § Cherry, § Peach, and § Plum.

Diseases of stonefruit

For common fungal diseases see § Monilinia fructicola, § Monilinia laxa, and for the fungicide see § Benzimidazole.[138]

UCD's FPS performs

.

Breeding of stonefruit

So much of North America's stonefruit is grown here that almost all available

mechanization there is a need for such rootstocks.[154]

Pests of stonefruit

For a leaf gall pest see § Chokecherry Finger Gall Mite.[155]: 178 

Strawberries

Strawberry field in Salinas
Strawberries in Carlsbad

Watsonville/Salinas
strawberry zone in Santa Cruz/Monterey, and the Oxnard zone in Ventura, contribute heavily to those concentrations.

Production has risen almost

monotonically, from 2005 when 34,300 acres (13,900 ha) were harvested, yielding 600 short hundredweight per acre (67,000 kg/ha; 60,000 lb/acre), for a total yield of 20,580,000 short hundredweight (933,000 t; 1,029,000 short tons). The average price being $54.60 per short hundredweight ($1.204/kg; $0.5460/lb), the 2005 season's harvest sold for $1,122,834,000.[156]

The California Strawberry Commission is the Agriculture Department body which advocates for strawberry growers. The CSC provides information for both growers[159] and consumers.[157] Some towns have annual strawberry festivals, see Strawberry festival § United States. The Driscoll's company began with strawberries here and still grows and sells here, and they have since expanded to other states, countries, and types of berries.

Cal Poly runs the Strawberry Center[160] for both research, and producer education.

Labor costs have increased drastically since 2018 especially in this crop, see § Labor
.

Timber

Almost 40% of the state is

timberland as of 1996 of which about 77% is softwood.[161] Most lumber grown here is used here in the construction industry and some additional lumber is imported from nearby states and provinces.[161]

Tomatoes

Fresh market tomatoes

The Federal Risk Management Agency provides crop insurance for fresh market tomato here, through the regional office in Davis.[162] 90% of FMT here comes from nine counties, San Joaquin County, Merced, Fresno, San Diego, Kern, Stanislaus, Kings, Tulare, and Sacramento.[163] In 1999 44,000 acres (18,000 ha) were planted, yielding on average 12.5 short tons per acre (28 t/ha), for a gross dollar yield of $5,500 per acre ($14,000/ha).[163]

Tomatoes contribute a mean of 1.77 emissions pounds per acre (1.98 kg/ha) per year in Mediterranean agriculture systems.[10]

Meloidogyne resistance.[164]
: 35 

Walnuts

Chandler Walnut on a Glenn County farm close to the Sacramento River during harvest season 2023

California walnuts account for nearly all the walnuts grown in the United States. In 2017, walnut production was the seventh most valuable agricultural commodity in California, valued at $1.59 billion in cash receipts.[165]

Walnuts contribute a mean of 1.34 pounds per acre (1.50 kg/ha) emissions per year in Mediterranean agriculture systems.[10]

Wheat

western states.[19]
: 9 

As first speculated by Tollenaar & Houston 1967,

.

Wine

Vineyards in the Napa Valley AVA

California wine production has a rich viticulture history since 1680 when Spanish Jesuit missionaries planted

wine for religious services. In the 1770s, Spanish missionaries continued the practice under the direction of the Father Junípero Serra who planted California's first vineyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano.[167][168]

Its contemporary wine production grew steadily since the end of

blind tasting, ranked the California wines higher than the primer French labels in the Chardonnay (white) and Cabernet Sauvignon (red) categories.[170] The result caused a 'shock' in viticulture industry since France was regarded as foremost producer of the world's finest table wines. This event contributed to expanding the recognition and prestige of vintners in the New World, specifically, the "Golden State."[171]

The state produces about ninety percent of the
American wine supply and is the fourth largest wine producer among the world's independent nations.[172][173] California has more than 4,200 wineries ranging from home-grown and small boutiques to large corporations with international distribution, and even more vineyards and growers, at close to 6,000.[172][174]

Livestock

Fowl

The

vectors
, and for testing.)

Honeybees

Honeybees (

DDT resistance in the 1950s.[41] Extensive use of DDT in citrus may have been responsible.[41] (See also § DDT, and § Citrus
.)

Regions

Central Valley

The Central Valley of California is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions.[177] More than 230 crops are grown there.[177] On less than one percent of the total farmland in the United States, the Central Valley produces eight percent of the nation's agricultural output by value: US$43.5 billion in 2013.[178] The top four counties in agricultural sales (2007 data) in the U.S. are in California's Central Valley: Fresno ($3.731 billion), Tulare ($3.335 billion), Kern ($3.204 billion), and Merced ($2.330 billion).[179][180]

Its agricultural productivity relies on irrigation both from surface water diversions and from groundwater pumping (wells). About one-sixth of the irrigated land in the U.S. is in the Central Valley.[181] Central Valley groundwater pollution is an ongoing environmental issue in the area.

There are 6,000 almond growers who produced more than 1.8 million tonnes in 2013, about 60 percent of the world's supply.[182][183]

Parts of the Valley are

pest eradication.[184][185] The Peach Fruit Fly was found in Chowchilla and this is a threat not only here, but could spread to the entire state, and to a lesser degree the entire country and other locations around the world.[184][185] See § Peach Fruit Fly
.

Salinas Valley

The Salinas Valley, located within

Monterey County, is one of the most productive agricultural regions in California. Monterey County grows over 50% of the national production for leaf lettuce, head lettuce, and celery. It also produces significant percentages of the country's broccoli, spinach, cauliflower, and strawberries.[186]
The area is also a significant producer of organic produce, with 68,868 acres in cultivation and annual sales of $412,347,000.

Organic farming

Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables in Capay, California

California has more certified organic farms than any other state. In 2016, more than a million acres in the state were certified organic.[187] CA grows 90% or more of the U.S. production of Organic almonds, artichokes, avocados, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, dates, figs, grapes, strawberries, lemons, lettuce, plums, and walnuts.[188]

There are two primary laws that regulate organic production: at a federal level, the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 and at a state level, the California Organic Food and Farming Act of 2016. Both laws lay out standards for production, processing, handling and retailing that must be followed in order to label a product as "organic". The USDA, California Organic Products Advisory Committee, and the California County Agricultural Commissioners monitor and ensure these standards are followed by administering enforcement actions for any violations.[189]

Any agricultural operation selling more than $5,000 in products per year is required to acquire organic certification, if they seek to sell their products under the organic label. Multiple organizations are accredited to certify operations organic.[190]

Environmental and natural resources

Water use

The largest overall water users in California are the environment, agriculture and urban/ municipal uses.[2] In an average year, about 40% of California's water consumption, or approximately 34.1 million acre-foot (42,100 million cubic metres), is used for agricultural purposes. However, the exact proportion of total water usage for agriculture varies widely between 'wet' and 'dry' years. In wet years, agriculture is responsible for closer to 30% of total water consumption and in dry years closer to 60%.[2] Water for agriculture is used to irrigate more than 9 million acres (36,000 square kilometres) of cropland annually.[191]

Water for agriculture comes from two primary sources: surface water and groundwater. Surface waters include natural bodies of water along with a network of human-built reservoirs with aqueducts and canals that carry water from the source to the agricultural users.[191] Groundwater aquifers range in depth and accessibility across the state, and historically have been used to supplement surface water supplies in dry years.[192]

California is one of the top five states in water use for livestock. Water withdrawals for livestock use in California were 101–250 million US gallons (380,000,000–950,000,000 L)/day in 2010.[193]

Saudi Arabian companies and individuals have bought land here and in

exported to Saudi Arabia.[194] Around 15% of overall alflafa production goes to exports.[195]

Water quality

Agricultural impacts on water quality concentrate around concerns of the following contaminants: nutrients, pesticides, salts, pollutants, sediment, pathogens, and heavy metals.[196] These contaminants enter water bodies through above-ground surface runoff of rainwater or excess irrigation water, or percolating through the soil and leaching into groundwater. Water quality concerns affect most regions of the state and tend to be exacerbated during periods of drought.[197]

At present, all irrigated agricultural operations in the State are required to participate in the Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program.[198] The regulatory program began after the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 390 (SB390) in 1990, that eliminated a blanket waiver for agricultural operations to discharge wastewater without any specific environmental standards.[199]

Water supply

A major source for Southern California's water supply, both agricultural and urban, is the Colorado River from which an aqueduct has been built to transport the water from the river to Riverside.[200] Colorado River irrigation is essential for agriculture to the Salton Sea Basin, which supports key agriculturally productive areas such as the Imperial Valley.[201] Another aspect of the agricultural water supply in California is the transfer of water that takes place from northern to southern California. In northern California, the Shasta Dam contains the flow of the Sacramento River, preserving water for California's use, and pumping stations in the California Delta extract water transferring that water across the San Joaquin Valley and southward.[202] A key component to the distribution of the water supply are the irrigation districts and water agencies who are responsible for delegating water as to meet the demand of those within the area as well as clarify and legal arbitration as to water rights.[203]

The agency tasked with overseeing the state's water supply and any projects associated with the upkeep of the supply is the California Department of Water Resources (CDWR).[204] As part of the 2019-2020 California Spending Plan, the CDWR received $2.336 billion with $833 million going towards projects overseen by the California Natural Resources Agency and $1.503 billion going towards the control board supervised by the California Environmental Protection Agency.[205] One of the CDWR's major projects is the State Water Project (SWP) which distributes 34% of the water that flows through its various channels.[206] The SWP also is one of the largest suppliers of hydroelectric power in the state.[206]

The invasive quagga- and zebra-​mussels reached the state in about 2006 and threaten the already limited supply of farm water.[207] The mussels have continued to spread and present an ever-expanding threat to pipelines.[208]

Air pollution

In 2014, California agriculture soils contributed to 51% of statewide greenhouse gas emissions.[10] California's Mediterranean climate supports irrigation events such as nitrification which encourage nitrous oxide production. Mean nitrous oxide emissions (the biggest contributor to ozone depletion of all the major agricultural greenhouse gases) have been reported to be "four times higher in irrigated compared to rain-fed systems".[10] Another factor which frequently contributes to increased emissions are warm soil temperatures (a common occurrence in California).[10]

History

Pre-1850

Peake &

rainy season and a dry season are necessary for an area to become a center of agriculture.[209]: 8  Before human arrival a wide variety of crop wild relatives (CWRs) were already found here – and although most of land has a monotonously desert or near-desert rain supply – some has a climate type called Mediterranean.[209]
: 8 

Since initial contact between Europeans and Indigenous American peoples, the topic of Native American agriculture has been debated. While agriculture in pre-contact California certainly did not fit into the Western definition of agriculture, the keen stewardship of California's natural ecosystem by Indigenous Californians to achieve the best possible output of resources is "agricultural," with California's ecosystems acting as a large, unbounded agricultural site.[210][211] Because of this difference in ideology, agricultural practices in pre-contact California often took a different form than those of Europe.

Some California hunter-gatherer tribes, including the

Owens Valley Paiute, developed irrigation.[212] Native Californians were skilled at gathering materials from plants at all times of the year, allowing the consistent gathering of materials from any and all local plants. Depending on when various plants—including succulents, flowers, and trees—bloomed or became ripe, different aspects of the plant could be accessed or harvested by Native California peoples.[213]

A basket cap made by the Karuk, Yurok, or Hupa peoples, using stems of plants that would have been harvested as a result of cultural burning.

Native Californians also developed strategies when it came to competing with animals for resources. The

Kashaya Pomo, for example, timed their harvest of dogwood to be before insects and worms would be able to access the inner parts of the plant.[213] Indigenous Californians also developed strategies for acquiring black oak acorns directly from tree branches using a long pole, increasing harvest yields that would otherwise have been disturbed by animals.[213]

Black oak acorn harvests were further increased by

California hazelnut and to encourage the growth of stronger stems that could be used for basketry.[215][216]

In the late 1700s, Franciscan missionaries established Spanish missions in California. Like earlier Spanish missions established in Baja California, these missions were surrounded by agricultural land, growing crops from Europe and the Americas, and raising animals originating from Europe. Indigenous workers from Baja California made up a large part of the initial labor force on California missions.[217] In the early 1800s, this flow of laborers from Baja California had largely stopped, and the missions relied on converts from local tribes. By 1806, over 20,000 Mission Indians were "attached" to the California missions. As missions were expected to become largely self-sufficient, farming was a critically important Mission industry. George Vancouver visited Mission San Buenaventura in 1793 and noted the wide variety of crops grown: apples, pears, plums, figs, oranges, grapes, peaches, pomegranates, plantain, banana, coconut, sugar cane, indigo, various herbs, and prickly pear.[218] Livestock was raised for meat, wool, leather, and tallow, and for cultivating the land. In 1832, at the height of their prosperity, the missions collectively owned over 150,000 cattle and over 120,000 sheep. They also raised horses, goats, and pigs.[219]

While the Spanish were the most successful farmers active in California in the early 1800s, they were not the only ones. In 1812, the Russians established Fort Ross in what is now Sonoma County, California, and intended the fort in part as an agricultural supply point for other Russian activity on the west coast. Despite Russian plans for the colony, agriculture at Fort Ross had low yields, significantly lower than the California missions. Inefficient farming methods, labour shortages, coastal fog, and rodents all contributed to limit agriculture at the fort.[220]

The Spanish (1784–1810) and Mexican (1819–1846) governments made a large number of land grants to private individuals from 1785 to 1846. These

California Gold Rush
.

1850–1900

In 1848, before the Gold Rush, the population of CA was approximately 15,000, not counting Native Americans. By 1852, there were over 250,000 people in the state.[221] and by 1870, 560,000 people.[222] This rapid population growth drove an increase in importation of agricultural products, and, within a few years, a massive growth in in-state agriculture. In the first years of the gold rush, the state relied on agricultural imports arriving by ship, from Australia, Chile, and Hawaii. During these years, there was rapid growth in vegetable farming for local markets. This was followed by an expansion of grain farming.[221] A shift in the economic dominance of grain farming over cattle raising was marked by the passage of the California "No-Fence Law" of 1874. This repealed the Trespass Act of 1850, which had required farmers to protect their planted fields from free-ranging cattle. The repeal of the Trespass Act required that ranchers fence stock in, rather than farmers fencing cattle out. The ranchers were faced with either the high expense of fencing large grazing tracts or selling their cattle at ruinous prices.[223][224] By the 1890s, California was second in US wheat production, producing over one million tons of wheat per year,[221] but monocrop wheat farming had depleted the soil in some areas resulting in reduced crops.[225]

Irrigation was almost nonexistent in California in 1850, but by 1899, 12 percent of the state's improved farmland was irrigated.[225]

Luther Burbank moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1875, and developed numerous commercially successful varieties of plants over the next 50 years.

1900–1950

The 1902 Newlands Reclamation Act funded irrigation projects on arid lands in 20 states including California.

In 1905, the California legislature passed the University Farm Bill, which called for the establishment of a farm school for the University of California (at the time,

UC Davis
opened its doors as the "University Farm" to 40 degree students (all male) from UC Berkeley in January 1909.

In 1919, the California Department of Food and Agriculture was established. The department covers state food safety, state protection from invasive species, and promoting the state's agricultural industry.

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s drove many people from the American prairie, and a significant number of these economic migrants relocated to California. Poor migrants from Oklahoma and nearby states were sometimes referred to as Okies, generally a pejorative term. In 1933, the state saw a number of agricultural labor strikes, with the largest actions against cotton growers. Cherry, grape, peach, pear, sugar beet, and tomato workers were also involved.

In 1942, the United States began the

Bracero program
. Lasting until 1964, this agreement established decent living conditions and a minimum wage for Mexican workers in the United States.

1950–2000

In 1965, the Williamson Act became law, providing property tax relief to owners of California farmland and open-space land in exchange for agreement that the land will not be developed.

The 1960s and 1970s saw major

farm worker strikes including the 1965 Delano grape strike and the 1970 Salad Bowl strike. In 1975, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 was enacted,[227] establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers in California, a first in U.S. history.[228] Individuals with prominent roles in farm worker organizing in this period include Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, Larry Itliong, and Philip Vera Cruz
.

In the late 1980s the Ives

Mixtec farm workers (from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca) and illegal employment conditions.[229] The ranch paid $1.5 million in unpaid wages and fines.[229]

Through 1995 there were 50,000 Mixtecs every year in California agriculture.

Mayans were also usually working the same jobs.[229] In the 1990s it was common to arrive in Arizona first, work on an Arizonan farm, and then move here.[229]

2001–present

In the 2000s and 2010s, Californians voted for propositions which established new protections for farm animals. 2008 California Proposition 2 and 2018 California Proposition 12 both established minimum requirements for farming egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal. Few veal and pig factory farm operations exist in California, so these propositions mostly affect farmers who raise California's 15 million egg-laying hens.[230]

Agricultural crime

California nut crimes have involved the theft of millions of dollars of nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews and pecans) in multiple incidents since 2013.[231][232]

Water theft for agriculture has been an issue in times of drought, with the State assessing fines up to $1.5 million.[233][234]

Pests

Despite its expansive geography, some pests are so severe, so

polyphagous
, and/or so wide-ranging as to be economically significant to the entire state.

Larva/worm

The

Navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella) first entered from Arizona in 1942 and quickly began attacking walnut, date palm, and fig – despite its common name it is only a minor pest of citrus.[235] (See § Walnuts, § Dates, and § Figs. In the decades since it has become a notorious pest of almond, pistachio,[235][91] and pomegranate and remains problematic for walnut[91] and fig[91][92] as well.[91] (See § Almonds, § Pistachios, and § Pomegranates.) First flight of NOW begins around April 17 and ends around May 29, and third flight is about August 8 to September 12.[91][92] Second flight is not as much of a concern.[91][92]

Adult

The

wide range of crops, not just apples,[236][237] see § Apple, § Grape, and others. The moth was confirmed to be present in California in 2007, and spraying programs in 2007–2008 lead to the Light brown apple moth controversy.[236][238]: 233  Tavener et al., 2011 finds novaluron works well but only when carried by horticultural mineral oil.[239]: 56 [240] Hosts include strawberry.[241]

Adult

invasive threat to citrus.[39][40] (See § Citrus
.)

Fresno County

Sellers et al., 2018 finds

Oviposited olive
Dissected olive with larva
Adult

Olives throughout the state suffer from the

Mediterranean basin and appears in some of the earliest written documents of human history, and is now found throughout much of the world.[245]

Particular strains of OFF are associated with particular

biological controls.[245] Daane et al., 2008, Sime et al., 2006, Sime et al., 2007, Yokohama et al., 2006, and Yokohama et al., 2008 all were undertaken to serve this state's need for parasitoids.[245] Yokohama et al., 2008 achieves 60% control in cage trials using a Psyttalia cf. concolor.[245] Daane et al., 2008 finds P. lounsburyi is especially specific to OFF over other possible hosts, and its selectivity makes it an attractive option.[245] Daane et al. 2009 discloses an undescribed Pteromalus sp. nr. myopitae first found here.[245] Overall there is much concern about offtarget impacts if these were to be released.[245]

Adult Nasonovia ribisnigri

crop pests here. Nasonovia ribisnigri is one of the most common, especially for lettuce.[109] See also § Lettuce, and § Toxomerus marginatus and § Platycheirus stegnus
for the two most common biocontrols.

Slates Hot Springs

American Robin is a problem for some of these.[37] See also § Methyl anthranilate
for a repellent.

Adult

The Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (GWSS,

eradication activities there.[251]

Adult

In 1997 the Blue-Green Sharpshooter (BGSS,

vector) arrived here and the two have combined badly ever since.[252] Besides vectoring PD they are also themselves a sucking pest and Hewitt et al., 1949 found they will often additionally go through reproduction on the vines.[253] See § Pierce's Disease, § Grapes, and § Xf in stonefruit
.

Adult

The European Grapevine Moth (

eradication.[254] See also § Grapes
.

Worm/larva

Carpenter Worm (

Cotinis texana syn. C. mutabilis),[256]
[255] Fig mite (Aceria fici),[255] Fig scale (Lepiosaphes conchiformis),[255] and Navel orangeworm[91][92][255] are among the most important pests of fig here. (See § Figs and § Navel orangeworm.)

Larva

Japanese Beetle (

wide host range of the grubs but also due to the grubs' and adults' destructiveness.[257]

The Plum Bud Gall Mite (

Sonoma, and north into Western Oregon.[140] So far PBGM is known to be a problem on plum and pluot (see § Plums) and not on other stonefruits, especially not almond, even almonds nearby to infested orchards.[140]

Adult

The Silverleaf Whitefly (SLW,

Bemisia tabaci strain B) was first noticed here in the fall of 1991.[259] First appearing in the valleys of the state's deserts, it has caused about $500 million in agricultural losses here through 2019.[259] Further economic effects include $774 million in lost sales, $112.5 million in lost personal income, and the loss of 12,540 jobs.[259] SLW is intractable in the southern deserts, especially in Imperial, Palo Verde, Coachella, and the southern part of San Joaquin vallies.[259] In the SJV this is worst on § Cotton.[259] Himler et al., 2011 find the Rickettsia sp. nr. bellii symbiont rapidly invaded the population of California, Arizona and New Mexico.[260]

Aleyrodes spiraeoides is a native whitefly.[261] Hosts include strawberry.[261]

invaded the Central Coast and Southern areas.[261] Hosts include strawberry.[261]

Trialeurodes packardi is a pest of strawberry whiteflies but less commonly than A. spiraeoides.[261]

Damage to collard greens, central Los Angeles

A Painted Bug,

Big Island of Hawaii.[23] The most valuable crop threatened is § Broccoli.[23] Much of the research on this pest in this part of the world has been performed by the Palumbo group at the University of Arizona.[23]

In California

Lygus bugs are common pests here including the Western Tarnished Plant Bug (WTPB, Lygus hesperus).[262] A vacuum collector is often used for WTPB in strawberry, called the BugVac.[263] (See also § Strawberry.)

In California

The Spotted Wing Drosophila (

biocontrol here.[268]

D. simulans

Other Drosophila species include

vector sour rot and bunch rot pathogens between grape bunches.[266] Hosts include grape[266] and strawberry.[272]

Turelli et al., 1991 uses a

genetically modified Wolbachia to suppress D. simulans to suppress its vectored diseases here.[273] (This has become a widely known example of Wolbachia use, and has informed European decision making on vector control.)[273]

Caterpillar

The Salt Marsh Caterpillar (

biocontrols.[274][275] SMC can be significant in strawberry, see § Strawberries.[274][275]

Adult

The Peach Fruit Fly (

eradication efforts using methyl eugenol lures are underway.[184][185] Especially an immediate concern are California's $2.10b citrus-, $875m stonefruit-, and $1.19b tomato industries.[184][185] (See also § Chowchilla, § Citrus, § Stonefruit, and § Tomatoes
.)

Adult

The Green Fruit Beetle (Figeater Beetle,

Cotinis mutabilis) is occasionally a pest of ripened fruit, including apricot, caneberry, fig, grape, peach, and plum.[278] The larvae/grubs are harmless however.[278]

Adult

For Beet Armyworms (BAW,

Spodoptera exigua) in strawberry[279] and lettuce[110] see § Pests of strawberry and § Lettuce. S. exigua populations here have long standing carbamate resistance.[280]

Adults

First identified here in 1992 in

structural pest.[285]

Adult

Cucumber Beetles (Diabrotica balteata, Acalymma vittatum, D. undecimpunctata) are common pests here.[13] UC IPM provides recommended practices for apricot,[13] see also § Apricot.

Galls

Phylloxera of Grape (

AxR1 associated and those associated with all others.[287]

Larva

The detection of the Red Palm Weevil (

APHIS declared the eradication successful.[89] Its relative the South American palm weevil (R. palmarum) has killed increasing numbers of Canary Island date palms (Phoenix canariensis) and is expected to become a significant pest of dates in the future.[89] For a common host see § Date
.

Orange

Several Culex mosquitoes are common here including C. quinquefasciatus, C. stigmatosoma, and C. tarsalis.[175] Insecticides are often used in their control[288] and as a result some species have undergone resistance evolution.[288] Mouches et al., 1986 finds one population achieved this via gene amplification of an esterase.[288][289] See also § Avian malaria.

Adults

The southern part of the state suffers from the Walnut Aphid (Spotted Alfalfa Aphid,

parathion resistance had rapidly developed there.[290]

Los Angeles

The common House Fly (

super-kdr are also present.[291] (This profile is also found in New Mexican, Floridian, North Carolinian, New York, and Montanan populations.)[291]

The Mexfly (Mexican fruit fly,

eradicate them every time, both here and in Texas.[292]
: 16 

The Medfly (Mediterranean fruit fly,

invasion biology efforts and studies on the Medfly around the world.[294]

Production of strawberries in California
.

Cotton Aphids (

resistance and may also contaminate their honeydew.[298] Insecticide contaminated honeydew may harm beneficial insects.[298] See also § Cotton
.

The Avocado Thrips (

invasive pests here.[18] For a host see § Avocado
.

The Tobacco Budworm (

metabolic resistance to permethrin in Imperial Valley populations.[58]: 80  See also § Cotton and Imperial Valley
.

Western Flower Thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) is a major pest of horticulturals around the world.[299] Here, it is especially known as a pest of peach[296] and strawberry.[300][299] (See also § Cultivars of strawberry, § Arthropods in peach, § Pests of strawberry.)

The Diamondback Moth (

Btk resistance in the state's DM population.[301]

The Chokecherry Finger Gall Mite (Eriophyes emarginatae) produces leaf galls on several Prunus here.[155]: 178  See also § Prunus.

Several

exotic pest here.[303] Gloria-Soria et al., 2016 finds a significant amount of shared genetics between the population of the southern part of the state and New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico.[303]

San Diego County in 1932, and proved so successful as feed and food that descendants were sold around the state.[304] They escaped and now are a widespread nuisance.[304]

surveillance costs can be easily reduced.[305] Costs are reduced by 50% by targeting surveillance resources based on the difference in surveillance cost by location, and by the difference in establishment risk by location.[305][306]

California is known to be free of

Bactrocera tau (Walker).[307] Very few jurisdictions – including this state, Florida, and New Zealand – are at such risk that a system of Steiner traps using methyl eugenol is employed to provide early warning of an invasion.[307] Crops especially at risk include tomato, bell pepper, watermelon, other melons, cucumber and pumpkin.[307] (See also § Tomato, § Melon and Cucumber § Notes
.)

California red scale (

invasive pest here.[308] It competitively displaced a prior invader Yellow scale (A. citrina).[308] Debach et al., 1978 finds that A. citrina is now extinct in this state due to the invasion of A. aurantii.[308]

The Black Vine Weevil (

Otiorhynchus cribricollis (Cribrate weevil) is common in the San Joaquin Valley.[310] It is sometimes a problem in strawberry in the area.[310]

Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) is common in several parts of the state including all strawberry growing areas.[311] H. zea is especially troublesome in southern coastal California.[311]

Cyclamen Mites occur natively here.[312] Hosts include strawberry.[312]

introduced pest restricted to high moisture soil.[313] Hosts include strawberry.[313]

Some slugs (

introduced pests from Europe.[314] Hosts include strawberry.[314]

European Earwigs are most destructive from April to July here.[315] Hosts include strawberry.[315]

Eotetranychus lewisi is found in coastal areas including Oxnard and Salinas.[316] Hosts include strawberry.[316]

Agrotis ipsilon is the most common cutworm here.[317] Hosts include strawberry.[317]

Pandemis pyrusana is present and eats the leaves of several crops.[241] Hosts include strawberry.[241]

Clepsis peritana is an ecologically important saprovore.[241] Later in the season it is a pest of strawberry.[241]

Myzus persicae is present.[318] Hosts include strawberry.[318]

Macrosiphum euphorbiae is much larger than other aphids in California.[318] Populations here have two forms, a green and a red.[318] Hosts include strawberry.[318]

Aedes albopictus is a pest of livestock concern.[319] Modified Wolbachia have been released to control this species here.[319]

Pectinophora gossypiella

El-Lissy
, eradication ceremony

The Pink Bollworm (

Osama El-Lissy and his collaborators.[citation needed
]

Wang et al., 2010[321] and 2011[322] find a Pectinophora gossypiella PiggyBac like element 1 (PgPLE1) variant and insertion site of the Imperial Valley population not found elsewhere in the world. See also § Cotton.

Weeds

Rejmanek & Pitcairn 2002 overview 53

weed eradication campaigns in the state, and find that any infestation smaller than 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) was usually successfully eradicated, while anything which had already reached 2,500 acres (1,000 ha) was essentially impossible to do.[323]
: 137 

Yellow Sweetclover (

Linnaeus), Shepherd's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris Linnaeus Medikus), Crabgrass (various Digitaria spp.), Spotted Spurge (Euphorbia maculata Linnaeus Small), and Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) are common weeds here, including in strawberry and parsley.[120] (See § Strawberries, and § Parsley
.)

Marestail (Horseweed,

.)

In the

fiddleneck (Boraginaceae), warm-season grass weeds, warm-season Cyperaceae, amaranths (Amaranthaceae), morning glory (Convolvulaceae), and caltrop (Tribulus terrestris, Zygophyllaceae).[326] Achmon et al., 2018 dramatically lowered seed bank viability, biomass, and density of all these weeds, and improved tomato yield using biosolarization using tomato and grape crop waste.[326]

Cape-ivy (

Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa and Swaziland.[327] It was first observed here in 1892 and has since spread to every coast of the state, and into one coastal county of Oregon.[327] Two organisms have been found in its native range which could be introduced here as controls, see § Digitivalva delaireae and § Cercospora delaireae.[327]

Sea Beet (

beet.[328] Wild beet is only significant in small grains in Imperial, where dicamba and 2,4-D are necessary.[330] See also § Small grains
.

Palmer Amaranth (

multiresistance in the world, and become one of the most notorious crop weeds in the world.[331] In California it is found in all but the northernmost counties.[332]

California wild radish (radish (

Raphanus sativus) × Jointed charlock (R. raphanistrum))[333] has replaced all of its ancestral populations in the state.[329]

Di Tomaso and Healy 2007 find

seedbank reduction.[5]

Pathogens

Xylella fastidiosa

X. fastidiosa was first discovered here by Newton B. Pierce (1856–1916) in 1892.[334][335] It has ever since remained a constant pathogen of many crops here,[336] including grape, almond, citrus, and oleander.[114]

Pierce's Disease

History of PD

When European grapes were introduced to this area –

state Department of Agriculture.[334][339]

Whatever the time of arrival in California and in North America, the current PD-causing

divergence – in the mid-1900s.[340] This is likely due to massive expansion – or even introduction – of the current Xff strains, replacing the pre-existing strains across the state as grape acreage expanded in the 1970s.[340]

PD was assumed to be

isolation and identification of the bacterium is variously credited either to two groups simultaneously in 1973, Goheen et al., 1973 and Hopkins & Mollenhauer 1973,[334] or only to Davis, Purcell, and Thomson 1978.[339]

In 1997 the Blue-Green Sharpshooter (the primary PD

vector) arrived here and the two have combined badly ever since.[252] (See § Blue-Green Sharpshooter.) Only two years later, in 1999 together they inflicted over US$6 million in Southern California alone.[252]

The Glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) is an

PD today

The CDFA's Pierce's Disease Control Program coordinates response and research in the state.[341]

Alston et al., 2013 estimates that PD cost the state $92m in 2013[153] and over Tumber et al., 2014 estimates $104m annually in 2014.[252] Burbank estimates the cost to be $100m annually by 2022.[342]

GWSS remains a common vector of PD and as such is a severe drag on the entire continent's

Napa- and Sonoma- Valleys and other such costal AVAs PD mostly occurs in hotspots adjascent to small water flows.[253] These areas are defined by small streams and ornamental irrigation.[253] These are favorable habitat for the BGSS.[253] Lin et al., 2005 provides SSRs for differentiating between the state's various strains infecting grape and other crops[114] and Lin et al., 2013 for grape-infecting strains here and in Texas.[334]

The BGSS is known to thrive in higher temperatures and PD epidemics are more severe in hotter years, and there is evidence that

global warming is increasing BGSS transmission of PD here.[343] Larger data sets are needed for stronger confirmation.[343]

There are two major divisions here, a lineage from

Temecula and the north.[340] Within the northern areas there is lower gene flow, probably due to the Mayacamas Mountains.[340]

Zhang et al., 2011 compares a PD strain to

Vanhove et al., 2020 elucidates the current genetic situation of PD strains here, including

Xf in stonefruit

Xf is also significant in stonefruit here, causing

genome sequence for common almond-infecting strains here.[334] Lin et al., 2005 provides SSRs for differentiating strains from almond from various other strains.[114] While almond and plum develop leaf scorch (see also § Plums), Ledbetter & Rogers 2009 find that peach does not.[334]

Besides Pierce's Disease, the glassy-winged sharpshooter also vectors Xf among stonefruit and so its arrival threatens the world's almond supply (see § Glassy-winged sharpshooter and § Stonefruit).[247]

Xf of citrus

Lin et al., 2005 provides

Citrus Variegated Chlorosis (CVC) strains from almond, oleander, and PD strains.[114]

Xf of oleander

Grebus et al., 1996 discovered the

Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) which distinguish California's OBLS strains from almond, citrus, and PD strains.[114] See also § Xylella fastidiosa subsp. sandyi
.

Other Xf infections

Xf has many other hosts.

Chitalpa tashkentensis is a common landscaping plant here and elsewhere in the southwest that is also a host.[334] Randall et al., 2009 propose the subspecies tashke for these strains but it remains unclear whether this is a distinct subspecies and whether it endures in the overall evolutionary course of Xf strains.[334] Hernandez-Martinez et al., 2007 find the subspecies sandyi causes disease of Oleander, Jacaranda spp., daylily, and magnolia.[334]

Raju 1983 finds Xf without symptoms on wild

vector), Helochara delta, Pagaronia tredecimpunctata, and Philaenus spumarius.[334] Purcell & Saunders 1999 find infections in plants common to riparian zones here often are not motile in the host and spontaneously improve.[334]

Botrytis cinerea

Botrytis cinerea of strawberry
Botrytis cinerea on grape, Sonoma County

Various strains of gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) are a constant presence in the state's horticulture, especially afflicting strawberry[346] and grape.[347] (See § Strawberries and § Grapes.)

Fungicides are used multiple times per seasons and as a result

organic.[346] This shows that evolution is driven by usage in this crop.[346]

resistance to fluxapyroxad).[346] The analysis of Cosseboom et al., 2019 explains 93.8% of resistance by already-known alleles discovered by Banno et al., 2008, Ma et al., 2007, Grabke et al., 2013, Kretschmer et al., 2009, Dowling et al., 2017, Fernández-Ortuño et al., 2012, Amiri et al., 2014, and Yin et al., 2011, so very little is due to experimental error, unknown physiological effects, or undiscovered alleles.[346] (See § Isofetamid, § Fluopyram, and § Boscalid
.)

Organic strawberry ranches experience very active genetic transfer with conventional strawberry and as a result they have high proportions of resistance.[346] Cosseboom et al., 2019 finds that conventional fields undergo within-season resistance evolution, while organic does not, demonstrating that they are indeed not using the fungicides they claim to not use, and that genetic transfer is not so rapid as to change the situation in a field that quickly.[346]

Ma & Michailides 2005 developed a

microsatellite primed PCR (MP-PCR) for genetic diversity in this fungus, especially for populations in this state.[349] Strawberry Botrytis leaf spot was first discovered in 2018 in Santa Maria and reported by Mansouripour & Holmes 2020.[350] Bc was not previously known to produce a leaf spot phenotype in strawberry.[350]

In table grape there is a limit of 0.5% – table grapes can only be shipped if an allotment contains 0.5% or less of Bc-infected berries.[347] For one treatment option for grape, see § Ozone.[347]

Shao et al., 2021 find

azoxystrobin resistance is very common in this population.[351] They find it is much more common than in China where azoxystrobin is almost unknown.[351]

B. cinerea is a common cause of

postharvest losses in this industry.[352] Due to the need for long shelf life in the California industry – because target markets include the whole continent – and the low moisture growing environments, Petrasch et al., 2021 find genomic selection for strawberry resistance is highly successful.[352] In other environments and markets however this is not expected to be as simple.[352]

Most B. cinerea inoculum is introduced via aeroplankton.[353] Significant protection against this is afforded by polytunnels.[353] Daugovish & Larson 2009 find 84%–90% greater yield and 62%–140% greater marketable yield resulting in $14,000–$18,500 per hectare ($5,700–$7,500/acre) greater revenue due to polytunnels.[353]

Though gray mold elsewhere may be caused by both B. cinerea and B. pseudocinerea in California B. pseudocinerea is unknown on strawberry.[354] However it is found on blueberry in the San Joaquin Valley.[354]

Other pathogens of grape

Napa County cost over $69,500 per hectare ($28,100/acre) across the likely 25-year lifetime of a vineyard, far higher than the $2,200 per hectare ($890/acre) estimated for eastern Washington.[153]

Al Rwahnih et al., 2013 discovered

Grapevine Red Blotch-associated Virus (GRBaV) here, a DNA virus of this crop.[355][356] This is one of the few discoveries of a DNA virus of this crop.[356]

Leafroll Disease (grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3) is also economically significant.[153]

The seriousness of Powdery Mildew (

Phomopsis dieback (caused by

endemic to California.[356]

Fusarium spp.

species which are ubiquitous around the world
, including here.

Fusarium Wilt of Strawberry (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae) had only been seen once before, in

somatic compatibility groups.[364] The vast majority fell into what they term SCG1, with a few of SCG2 and SCG3.[364] SCG2 is always a false negative with this test which may indicate the entire group lacks the sequence in question.[364] Although this proves to be a good test, a universally valid test may require finding a sequence specifically pertinent to virulence on the host and not other, incidental sequences.[364] For genetic resistance see § Diseases of strawberry
.

In early 2012 a previously unknown

LA County.[17] (See § Avocados above.) As all Euwallacea in both their native and invasive ranges, this insect prefers to infest hosts in this area in locations which are stressful due to their unnaturalness, such as urban ornamental plantings and orchards.[17]

Fusarium Wilt of Lettuce (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lactucum) is common in the state.[365]

pathogenic on Gossypium barbadense than on G. hirsutum.[369]

Alternaria spp.

Various

applied in Kings, no resistance is known there.[370] (See § Boscalid
.)

Black Heart is a common pomegranate disease worldwide. Out of the group of causative species, here Luo et al., 2017 find it is caused by A. alternata and A. arborescens.[38]: 192 [372] Michailides et al., 2008 finds the 'Wonderful' cultivar can suffer at a rate of 10% or more here.[38]: 192 [373]: S105  (See also § Pomegranates.)

Alternaria Rot of Fig is common here. It is caused by various species of this genus and relatives including:

Epicoccum purpurascens causes Alternaria of breba only.[374] (The first, "breba" crop is not eaten but must be removed because it harbors inoculum of all of these microbes for the second, real crop.)[374] See also § Fig
.

Candidatus Phytoplasma

The Peach Yellow Leaf Roll phytoplasma (

Other pathogens

Strawberry crown rot, a common disease here.[376]

The Foliar Nematode (

soilborne pathogen[380] – is a common cause.[379] Natamycin is often used in strawberry.[379] (See § Natamycin and § Strawberries.) Adaskaveg & Hartin 1997 identify the C. acutatum strains most frequently responsible in peach and almond.[379] (See § Almonds and § Peaches
.)

.)

Figs commonly suffer from Fig Smut here.

Olives here suffer from a wide range of

Sevillano.[117] Moral et al., 2010 finds N. mediterraneum commonly causes a branch blight on several cultivars and D. seriata causes a branch canker.[117] More specific controls than currently available are needed for N. mediterraneum in highly susceptible cultivars, and early harvest may be the only successful treatment for D. seriata.[117] See § Olives
.

hosts, in Herman 1951, Herman et al., 1954, and Reeves et al., 1954-II.[175] Zoologix is based in the state and is a major provider of testing services here and for the entire country, including for avian malaria.[176] See § Fowl for hosts and § Culex
for vectors.

Stripe Rust (

Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, Pst) is believed to have been a continuous presence in the state since at least the 1770s because newspapers reported it at the time on wheat and wild grasses, and because stripe is more common today than leaf or stem rust.[19]: 3  Barley, wheat, and various grasses are hosts here.[19]: 9  (See § Barley and § Wheat.) Maccaferri et al. 2015 surveys the world's wheat and finds the Davis Pst populations are unusually heterogenous.[381] That makes the Davis environment a useful experimental location for differentiating wheat genetic resistance.[381]

Stromatinia cepivora (garlic white rot) was identified in the San Francisco area in the 1930s and Gilroy in the 1940s.[382] It continues to be a problem for garlic growers in the state.[383]

Leaf Spot of Caneberry (

Copper and lime sulfur work to some degree.[25]

This should be distinguished from Leaf Spot of Raspberry (

Sphaerulina rubi, anamorph Cylindrosporium rubi).[25] Although Leaf Spot of Raspberry is found here it is not common in California.[25] (See § Raspberry
.)

Verticillium Wilts (

.)

Strawberry Crinkle Virus (SCV,

Frequent use has produced

isolates by Miller & Schroth 1972.[129] This disease is a problem of pomes, including pear.[390] See § Streptomycin and § Pear
.

evolved strong resistance here.[391] Palmer & Holmes 2021 find resistance to the majority of the most commonly applied ingredients in the Oxnard population.[391]

Armillaria Root Rot of peach is primarily caused by

A. solidipes here.[392] A. gallica and A. mexicana are not thought to be common here, but are common in Mexico.[392] (See § Peach
.)

Tomato infectious chlorosis virus afflicts tomato here.[393]: 180  See also § Tomato.

16SrIII-A is a phytoplasma of apricot here.[394] Uyemoto et al., 1991 found it on apricot in California.[394] See § Apricot.

Downy Mildew of Lettuce (

metalaxyl resistance.[395]: 156  See § Lettuce
.

Kim et al., 2015 finds

codon 200 conferring TBZ resistance are common in California.[397]

Karnal Bunt (

Tilletia indica, syn. Neovossia indica) has spread from Asia to this continent, and since 1996 has been found in this country.[398]: 592  It is present in areas of this state, and Arizona and Texas.[398]
: 592 

Corn Stunt Disease (Spiroplasma kunkelii) affects corn (maize, Zea mays) here.[399]

Sudden Oak Death (

isolates here and are therefore probably the founding genotypes.[112] See § Oak
.

Phytophthora fragariae is a common disease of strawberry here.

gene-for-gene relationship.[402] Mathey 2013 shows that Rpf1 is responsible for most resistance in the Watsonville and Oxnard environments and provides a DNA test to predict performance.[402] No tests are available for Phytophthora fragariae var. fragariae.[389] FPS recommends diagnosis by visual inspection.[389]

Apple mosaic virus (ApMV), Arabis mosaic virus (ArMV) and Tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV, an RNA virus) are common pathogens in strawberry.[403]

herbaceous.[389]

Foundation Plant Services (FPS) offers testing via leaf graft.[404]

Hosts of Strawberry latent C virus include strawberry.[389]

herbaceous or by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).[389]

Strawberry leaf roll disease is a common pathogen.[389]

Strawberry mild yellow edge virus is diagnosed by cross infection of a test strawberry or by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).[389]

Hosts of Strawberry mottle virus include strawberry.[389]

Strawberry pallidosis associated virus is diagnosed by cross infection of a test strawberry or by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).[389] It is one of several viuses causing Pallidosis Related Decline of Strawberry.[405]: 68 

Diagnosis of Strawberry vein banding virus is performed by cross infection of an herbaceous alternate host or by PCR.[389]

Stonefruit § Notes
.

Hosts of Tobacco streak virus include strawberry.[389]

Diagnosis of Tomato black ring virus is performed by cross infection of an herbaceous alternate host.[389]

horticultural crops here.[389]

Tomato ringspot virus is diagnosed by cross infection of an herbaceous alternate host.[389] Hosts include strawberry.[407]

Hosts of Xanthomonas fragariae include strawberry.[389]

Aphelenchoides besseyi is a common horticultural nematode disease in California.[389]

invasive grass, aiding the invasion.[408]

More than 1 virus is usually present in any strawberry plant which has progressed to

symptomatic infection.[410]

Lettuce Mosaic Virus has caused severe losses at times up to 100%.[411]: 282 

Treatments

See Treatments in California agriculture.

Insurance

As with the entire country there is

County and by crop.[412]

Research, testing, and propagation material

Foundation Plant Services

Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) known to be relevant to the state's strawberry industry to identify those varieties specifically.[376] California Seed & Plant Lab is an even more active, private molecular lab for the strawberry industry.[376] CS&PL tests for clients here and around the world.[376]

California's experiences with the Vine mealybug, Glassy-winged sharp-shooter, and Pierce's disease have informed the process of creating

geographic models for the spread of pests and diseases and their management in viticulture around the world.[414]: 43  See § Glassy-winged sharpshooter and § Pierce's Disease
.

As of 2022[update] Professor Juan Pablo Giraldo (

nanomaterials applied to crops.[415][416]

The

license from UC or the Broad Institute or both may be required to produce such products in the future.[417]

Mexican farmworker learning additional skills in Salinas
, 2018

Labor

The

UC Davis Farm Labor program studies the state's farmworkers and provides information about them.[418]

The

Grape boycott, especially for their positions on pesticides.[421]

Despite the

illegal immigrants as farmworkers.[422] Indeed, illegal immigration inflows increased in the 1990s.[423]

In addition to advising producers, the Statewide Integrated Pest Management program (

UC IPM) began training farmworkers in 1988.[424]
: 382 

By the late 1990s the large immigrant population had expanded the

Southern San Joaquin Valley, farmworkers had risen to a high proportion of the population by 2013.[428]

Despite the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, by 2012 unions were less popular with farmworkers than they had been before it was passed.[429]

The Borello 1988 decision classifies strawberry sharecroppers as

independent contractors.[430]

Even when immigration was unrestricted, strawberry growers felt in 2017 that

President Trump, but were quickly surprised by the rhetoric of the administration due to the labor situation in the industry.[432] As late as 2017 the illegal workforce was still projected to grow.[433] A Pew Research Center analysis by Passel & Cohn expected continued lax enforcement to produce a continued population boom, including among California's agricultural workers.[433] During and after the escalated deportation raids the lack of normal labor opened opportunities for others.[434] Many high school students with farmworker family members quit school to join them in the fields.[434]

Some farmworkers here are not employed here all year but instead travel to other agricultural employment while California is in the off season.[435]

Although the entire tomato harvest was performed by laborers until recently, machines for harvest have been developed.

strawberry pickers earned ~$150/day or ~$18.75/hour.[437]

The right personal protective equipment (PPE) is required for fumigant applicators and those working nearby.[438] Practices and training and provided by the state Department of Pesticide Regulation.[438]

As of 2019, 9% of all

unauthorized immigrants in California are employed in this industry.[439]

Enforcement of state laws and regulations regarding farm labor and pesticides is the responsibility of the County Agricultural Commissioners.[440]: 19 

Harrison & Getz 2015 study

organic fruit and vegetable workers here and find that working conditions generally improve with increasing farm size.[441] Stockton et al., 2017's meta analysis shows workers were earning two-thirds of the average Californian due to a combination of low wages and underemployment.[442]

Hundreds of thousands of members of native Mexican ethnics are estimated to live in the state as farmworkers.[443]

The state Department of Industrial Relations (DIR)[444] regulates and provides information for workers and employers. DIR's Labor Enforcement Task Force (LETF) enforces such requirements as overtime.[445] UCANR and UCCE also provide information for employers' business planning.[446]

During 2021 field workers have been severely dissatisfied with working conditions.[447] They complain of both suffering from the ongoing pandemic and from the financial impact of missing work.[447]

The California Strawberry Scholarship Program is operated by the California Strawberry Growers' Fund.

schooling of strawberry pickers' children.[448] The California Table Grape Growers have a similar program.[449]

Billikopf has repeatedly (Billikopf 1999, Billikopf 2001) found that improved

working conditions improve worker productivity of strawberry pickers.[450]

Demand for workers in grape cultivation is greatest from late June to early November for the San Joaquin Valley, and mid-May to early July for the Coachella Valley.[451]

The Indigenous Farmworker Study is a program of the Indigenous Program of California Rural Legal Assistance which collects information on natives of Mexico employed in agriculture here.[452]

Enforcement of labor laws has had little success in improving working conditions.[453]

Richards 2018 finds chronic

labor shortage in some sectors.[454]

Goodhue et al. 2011 find

Guthman 2017 finds many strawberry growers advocate for

soil fumigants as a way to maintain employment for strawberry field workers.[456]

The 2022–2023 California floods devastated strawberry, other berries and greens cultivation areas, and impacted worker housing.[457]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "California Agricultural Production Statistics: 2018 Crop Year". California Department of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Water Use in California". Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  3. ^ California Agricultural Statistics Review, 2016-2017 (PDF). California Department of Food and Agriculture (Report). Retrieved December 21, 2018.
  4. ^ Bertone, Rachel (June 26, 2017). "Top 10 California Ag Products (Infographic)". Farm Flavor. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  5. ^
    S2CID 208225230
    .
  6. ^ a b c "California Agriculture Exports 2019-2020" (PDF). California Department of Food and Agriculture. 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  7. ^ Bjerga, Alan. "California Almonds Are Back After Four Years Of Brutal Drought". bloomberg. Archived from the original on November 8, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  8. ^ a b EM Bruno; B Goodrich; RJ Sexton (November 10, 2021). "The Outlook for California's Almond Market". Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis. Archived from the original on April 30, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  9. ^ "California drought takes toll on world's top almond producer". ABC10 News. Associated Press. August 17, 2021. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  10. ^
    S2CID 58942426
    .
  11. ^
    Arizona Extension
    . AZ1269. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  12. ^ a b "Fuji". USApple. 2019. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
  13. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. October 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  14. ^ Wick, Julia (July 26, 2019). "Newsletter: The quest for a more perfect California avocado". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  15. ^
    USDA
    . Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  16. ^ Hill, Naja (February 21, 2019). "California avocado production struggles to keep up". NPG of California. Archived from the original on October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  17. ^ a b c d e f
  18. ^ .
  19. ^ .
  20. California Blueberries
    . Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  21. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  22. ^ . Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  23. ^ .
  24. ^ a b
  25. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  26. ^ a b Alfonsi, Sharyn (August 2, 2020). "How red tape and black market weed are buzzkills for California's legal marijuana industry". CBS News. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  27. ^ McGreevy, Patrick (June 14, 2019). "California to give struggling cannabis businesses more time on provisional permits". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  28. ^ Polson, Michael (February 11, 2020). "Op-Ed: Get Big Agriculture out of cannabis farming in California". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  29. ^ a b Staggs, Brooke (April 28, 2018). "Santa Barbara County leads California in the number of permits to legally grow marijuana". Ventura County Star. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
  30. ^ Parvini, Sarah (February 28, 2018). "A rural county legalized marijuana farms. It took their tax money – then voted to ban them". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  31. California Cherry Board
    . April 18, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  32. ^
    California Cherry Board
    . April 18, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  33. ^
    California Cherry Board
    . April 18, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  34. ^
    California Cherry Board
    . April 18, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  35. California Cherry Board
    . April 18, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
  36. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    .
  37. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . September 2010. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  38. ^ .
  39. ^
    University of California Riverside
    . January 23, 2020. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  40. ^
    Wall Street Journal
    . Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  41. ^ a b c
  42. ^ .
  43. .
  44. ^ .
  45. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  46. .
  47. .
  48. ^ These reviews cite this research.
  49. ^ These review cites this research.
  50. ^ .
  51. ^ Matthews, G.; Miller, Thomas (2022). Pest Management in Cotton: A Global Perspective. .
  52. .
  53. ^ This review cites this research.
  54. University of California Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  55. ^ "Fungus research helps sustain San Joaquin Valley Pima cotton industry". University of California Tehama County. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  56. ^
    University of California Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  57. S2CID 257426099
    .
  58. ^ .
  59. ^
    University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  60. ^ These reviews cite this research.
  61. ^ This review cites this research.
  62. ^ This review cites this research.
  63. ^ "Insect resistance to biopesticides". UCANR eJournal of Entomology and Biologicals. Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. 2017. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  64. ^ a b
    • Chandler, Stephen; Dunwell, Jim (2008). "Gene Flow, Risk Assessment and the Environmental Release of Transgenic Plants".
      S2CID 84936182
      .
    This review cites this research.
  65. ^
    • Carriere, Yves; Fabrick, Jeffrey;
      PMID 26774592
      .
    This review cites this review.
  66. .
  67. .
  68. .
  69. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  70. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  71. ^
    University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  72. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  73. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  74. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  75. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  76. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  77. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  78. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  79. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  80. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  81. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  82. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2023.
  83. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  84. .
  85. ^ "What Does the Typical California Dairy Farm Look Like?". Milk Business. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  86. ^ "Contributions of the California Dairy Industry to the California Economy in 2018" (PDF). April 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  87. ^ a b c d "Dates". Agricultural Marketing Resource Center. May 11, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  88. ^ "California Agricultural Statistics Review 2019-2020" (PDF). California Department of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  89. ^
    ISSN 0008-0845
    .
  90. ^
    Center for Invasive Species Research
    . Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  91. ^ .
  92. ^ .
  93. ^ Richard, Chris (September 8, 2014). "California Aquaculture Companies Explore Sustainable Fish Farming". KQED. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  94. ^ "Aquaculture: Potential for Small Scale Farmers in California". University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Small Farm Program. Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  95. ^ "All About Grapes". Grapes from California. June 17, 2021. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  96. S2CID 82168201.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link
    )
  97. ^
    USDA
    . Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  98. Grapes from California
    . May 16, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  99. ^ "Home". California Association of Winegrape Growers. Archived from the original on June 24, 2019. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  100. ^ a b Goodhue, Rachaelg; Gress, Brian; Zheng, Yanan; Raburn, Sam; Spaldin, Ashley; Mace, Kevi (2021). An Economic and Pest Management Evaluation of the Insecticide Imidacloprid in California Agriculture (Report). California Department of Pesticide Regulation. pp. 1–65.
  101. ^
    PMID 29324036
    .
  102. ^
    University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2015. 3448. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
  103. .
  104. .
  105. ^ .
  106. UC Vegetable Research & Information Center
    . 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
  107. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. April 2017. 3450. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  108. .
  109. ^ a b
  110. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  111. CABI
    . 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  112. ^ .
  113. ^ . 7210.
  114. ^ a b c d e f
  115. .
  116. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
  117. ^ a b c d e f
  118. ^ "Governor signs Wolk bill to establish state olive oil commission". Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  119. ^ "The Olive Oil Commission of California". Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  120. ^ a b c d
  121. ^ "FE1016/FE1016: Establishment and Production Costs for Peach Orchards in Florida: Enterprise Budget and Profitability Analysis". Electronic Data Information Source. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. February 26, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2022.
  122. ^
    California Canning Peach Association
    . December 15, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  123. California Cling Peach Board
    . Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  124. ^ California Department of Food and Agriculture (2006). "California Agricultural Directory" (PDF).
  125. ^ a b c "Peaches". Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, USDA. July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  126. ^
    Cal Peach
    . December 15, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  127. ^
    S2CID 226217178
    .
  128. ^ .
  129. ^ .
  130. ^ "Agriculture: Pear". University of California, Riverside. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  131. ^ "Agriculture: Pear: Pear Psylla". University of California, Riverside. November 2012. 3455. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  132. ^ a b "Agriculture: Pear: Pear Decline". University of California, Riverside. November 2012. 3455. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  133. ^ a b "Agriculture: Pear: California Pear Sawfly". University of California, Riverside. November 2012. 3455. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  134. PMID 22802742
    .
  135. ^ James, Ian; Gauthier, Robert (July 2, 2023). "'It's a disaster': California farmer faces ordeal as pistachio farm sits underwater". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  136. ^
    S2CID 54928048
    .
  137. ^
    UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . July 2016.
  138. ^ .
  139. ^
    UC Davis
    .
  140. ^
    UCCE Santa Clara
    . 300211.
  141. ^ . Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  142. ^ "California's Rice Growing Region". California Rice Commission. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
  143. ^ Sumner, Daniel A.; Brunke, Henrich (September 2003). "The economic contributions of the California rice industry". California Rice Commission. Archived from the original on April 26, 2006. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
  144. ^ "Medium Grain Varieties". California Rice Commission. Archived from the original on May 8, 2006. Retrieved August 10, 2007.
  145. ^
    University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  146. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  147. ^
    University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 2022. Archived from the original
    on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  148. ^ "Sacramento Valley Field Crops - Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties". University of California Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties. 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  149. ^ "Growing Specialty Grains - UCCE Sonoma County". University of California Cooperative Extension Sonoma. 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  150. ^ a b "Building our Grain Community". Golden State Grains. 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  151. Foundation Plant Services
    . Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  152. Foundation Plant Services
    . Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  153. ^
    S2CID 221305685
    .
  154. ^ a b c d Prunus Crop Germplasm Committee (March 2017). "Prunus Vulnerability Statement" (PDF). USDA ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network.
  155. ^ .
  156. ^
    Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers
    Database. May 4, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  157. ^ a b "Health Benefits, Recipes & Stories". California Strawberry Commission. May 23, 2022. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  158. Penn State Extension
    . June 20, 2005. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  159. ^ "California Strawberry Commission". California Strawberry Commission. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  160. ^ "Strawberry Center". Cal Poly. July 28, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  161. ^
    S2CID 133879789
    . 8070.
  162. ^ "Fresh Market Tomatoes". Risk Management Agency. January 31, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
  163. ^
    S2CID 168207532
    .
  164. .
  165. ^ California Agricultural Statistics Review 2017-2018 (PDF). California Department of Food and Agriculture (Report). 2018. pp. 4, 110. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  166. ISSN 0008-4026
    .
  167. .
  168. ^ Diaz, Jo (March 17, 2011). "The Mission Grape Played a Major Role in California Wine Viticultural History". Wine Blog.
  169. ^ Taber (2005), p. 40.
  170. ^ Taber (2005), pp. 216–220.
  171. ^ Peterson, Thane (May 8, 2001). "The Day California Wines Came of Age". Business Week. Archived from the original (Movable Feast) on October 18, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2006.
  172. ^ .
  173. .
  174. ^ "Statistics - California Wine Profile 2021". California Wine Institute.
  175. ^ a b c d e f g
  176. ^ a b c
  177. ^ a b Bittman, Mark (October 10, 2012). "Everyone Eats There". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
  178. ^ "Agricultural Statistics Review, 2012-2013" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved March 29, 2016.
  179. ^ "A Statistical Tour of California's Great Central Valley". California Research Bureau. California State Library. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2009.
  180. ^ Parker, Timothy S. (October 27, 2011). "United States Fact Sheet: US agriculture income population food education employment unemployment federal funds farms top commodities exports counties financial indicators poverty food security farm income Rural Nonmetro Urban Metropolitan America USDA organic Census of Agriculture". Ers.usda.gov. Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  181. .
  182. ^ Purdum, Todd S. (September 6, 2000). "California's Central Valley. Where the Mountains Are Almonds". The New York Times. Retrieved December 16, 2008. The state's 6,000 growers produce more than 600 million pounds a year, more than 70 percent of the world's supply and virtually 100 percent of domestic production.
  183. ^ "Production/Crops for almonds with shell" (database). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Statistics Division, FAOSTAT. 2013. Archived from the original on November 22, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  184. ^ a b c d e f g h
  185. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Ag pest found for first time in Madera County". The Business Journal. October 2, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  186. ^ "Facts, Figures & FAQs". Monterey County Farm Bureau. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  187. ^ Walker, Kristi; Bialik, Kristen (January 10, 2019). "Organic farming is on the rise in the U.S." Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Research Center. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  188. ^ Klonsky, Karen. "A Look at California's Organic Agriculture Production" (PDF). University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  189. ^ "California Department of Food and Agriculture". www.cdfa.ca.gov. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  190. ^ "United States Department of Agriculture Accredited Certifying Agents Registered with the State Organic Program" (PDF). California Department of Food and Agriculture: State Organic Program.
  191. ^ a b "Agriculture". water.ca.gov. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  192. ^ "Groundwater in California". Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  193. ^ "USGS: Livestock Water Use in the United States". water.usgs.gov. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  194. ^ a b Daniels, Jeff (2016). "Saudi Arabia buying up farmland in US Southwest". CNBC. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
  195. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  196. ^ "Agriculture | California State Water Resources Control Board". www.waterboards.ca.gov. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  197. ^ Chappelle, Caitrin (October 2015). "California's Water Quality Challenges". Public Policy Institute of California. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  198. ^ "Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program | Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board". www.waterboards.ca.gov. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  199. ^ "Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program Frequently Asked Questions" (PDF). www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley. November 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
  200. ^ "Cadiz Water Project | Where Does California's Water Come From?". December 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  201. S2CID 248363086
    .
  202. ^ [email protected], Sustainable Food Trust- (February 4, 2022). "Sustainable Food Trust". Sustainable Food Trust. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  203. ^ "Agriculture". water.ca.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  204. ^ "State Agencies in California Involved in Water Issues". Water Education Foundation. June 22, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  205. ^ "The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Resources and Environmental Protection". lao.ca.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  206. ^ a b "State Water Project". water.ca.gov. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  207. ^ Schoch, Deborah (December 31, 2007). "Tough mussel pain, no easy remedy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  208. ^ "New Quagga / Zebra Mussel Discoveries in California". California Department of Fish and Wildlife. December 30, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  209. ^
    OCLC 654787130
    .
  210. .
  211. OCLC 1176314767.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  212. . Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  213. ^ .
  214. .
  215. .
  216. ^ Hunter, John (1988). "Prescribed burning for cultural resources". Fire Management Notes. 49: 8–9 – via ResearchGate.
  217. JSTOR 25177614. Archived from the original
    on November 11, 2002. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  218. ^ Ruther, Walter (1967). The Citrus Industry: History, world distribution, botany, and varieties. University of California, Division of Agricultural Sciences. p. 25.
  219. .
  220. . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  221. ^ a b c Gerber, Jim (July 2010). "The Gold Rush origins of California's wheat economy". América Latina en la historia económica. 34. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  222. . Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  223. .
  224. ^ "Decimation of the Herds, 1870–1912". San Diego History Journal. January 1965.
  225. ^ a b Olmstead, Alan; Rhode, Paul. "A History of California Agriculture" (PDF). Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. University of California. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  226. ^ .
  227. ^ "Governor Signs Historic Farm Labor Legislation." Los Angeles Times. June 5, 1975.
  228. ^ a b c d e f g "Mixtec Farm Workers". Migration Dialogue. 1 (4). Regents of the University of California, Davis. 1995. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  229. ^ Hall, Carla (February 4, 2015). "Egg-laying hens in California win another court battle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  230. ISSN 0261-3077
    . Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  231. ^ Daniels, Jeff (December 1, 2015). "Thieves are ravaging California's nut farms". CNBC. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  232. ^ "California drought: farmers hit with record $1.5M fine for allegedly stealing water". CBC. Associated Press. July 21, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  233. Sacramento Bee
    . Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  234. ^
    ISSN 2155-7470
    .
  235. ^ .
  236. .
  237. .
  238. .
  239. .
  240. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  241. .
  242. ^ .
  243. ^ .
  244. ^ .
  245. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. May 20, 2005. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  246. ^ .
  247. ^ a b c "PDCP - Glassy-winged Sharpshooter". California Department of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  248. Center for Invasive Species Research
    . University of California Riverside. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  249. ^
    Napa County
    , CA. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  250. County of Fresno. 2011. Archived from the original
    on September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
  251. ^ .
  252. ^ .
  253. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m
  254. ^
    UC Davis
    Fruit & Nut Research & Information Center
    . 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  255. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. July 2006. UC ANR Publication 3447.
  256. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture.
  257. University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
    .
  258. ^ . Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  259. ^ This review cites this research.
  260. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  261. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  262. Strawberry Center
    . Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  263. UC IPM
    . May 20, 2005. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  264. ^ a b c d Caprile, Janet (April 5, 2012). Spotted Wing Drosophila: A New Pest of Cherries and ... UC Cooperative Extension Contra Costa County.
  265. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  266. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  267. ^
    Cal Poly Strawberry Center
    BLOG. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  268. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  269. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  270. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  271. UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  272. ^ a b EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms; Naegeli, Hanspeter; Bresson, Jean-Louis; Dalmay, Tamas; Dewhurst, Ian C.; Epstein, Michelle M.; Guerche, Philippe; Hejatko, Jan; Moreno, Francisco J.; Mullins, Ewen; Nogue, Fabien; Rostoks, Nils; Sánchez Serrano, Jose J.; Savoini, Giovanni; Veromann, Eve; Veronesi, Fabio; Bonsall, Michael B.; Mumford, John; Wimmer, Ernst A.; Devos, Yann; Paraskevopoulos, Konstantinos; Firbank, Leslie G. (2020). "Adequacy and sufficiency evaluation of existing EFSA guidelines for the molecular characterisation, environmental risk assessment and post-market environmental monitoring of genetically modified insects containing engineered gene drives".
    S2CID 226976344
    .
  273. ^
    Cal Poly Strawberry Center
    BLOG
    . July 19, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  274. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  275. ^ Gomes, Patrick (May 2000). "Action Plan Peach Fruit Fly Bactrocera zonata (Saunders)" (PDF). International Atomic Energy Agency & Food and Agriculture Organization. pp. iv+50.
  276. ^ "Bactrocera zonata". Purdue University.
  277. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. May 20, 2005. Retrieved July 31, 2022.
  278. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  279. S2CID 240006285
    .
  280. UC IPM
    . May 20, 2005. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  281. ^ a b
  282. ^ Taravati, Siavash (December 16, 2021). "Formosan termites in California – Urban IPM SoCal". Urban IPM SoCal – Integrated Pest Management for Structural Pests in Southern California. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  283. PMID 33885810
    .
  284. CABI
    ). November 21, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2022.
  285. ^ .
  286. ^ .
  287. ^ .
  288. ^ Denholm, I.; Rowland, M. W. (1992). "Tactics For Managing Pesticide Resistance In Arthropods: Theory And Practice".
    S2CID 35601066
    .
  289. ^ .
  290. ^ .
  291. ^ .
  292. .
  293. ^ a b Clarke, Anthony; Armstrong, Karen; Carmichael, Amy; Milne, John; Raghu, S.; Roderick, George; Yeates, David (2005). "Invasive Phytophagous Pests Arising Through A Recent Tropical Evolutionary Radiation: The Bactrocera dorsalis Complex of Fruit Flies" (PDF).
    S2CID 19452754
    .
  294. CABI
    . 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  295. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture.
  296. .
  297. ^ .
  298. ^ a b
  299. UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  300. ^ .
  301. 000793468800008.
  302. ^ a b
  303. ^ .
  304. ^ .
  305. .
  306. ^ .
  307. ^ .
  308. ^
    Statewide IPM Program
    , Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California. 2015.
  309. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  310. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 21, 2023.
  311. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 24, 2023.
  312. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 26, 2023.
  313. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved March 1, 2023.
  314. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  315. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  316. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  317. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  318. ^ .
  319. .
  320. ^
    • Gilbert, L. (2012). Insect molecular biology and biochemistry.
      OCLC 742299021
      .
    This book cites this research.
  321. ^
    • Jabran, Khawar; Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh (2011). Cotton Production. .
    This book cites this research.
  322. .
  323. ^ a b c
  324. .
  325. ^ a b
  326. ^ a b c *Plant Protection and Quarantine, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture (September 24, 2013). Weed Risk Assessment for Delairea odorata Lem. (Asteraceae) – Cape ivy (PDF) (Report). CABI ISC 20143118470. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  327. ^ .
  328. ^ .
  329. UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. 3466. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  330. ^ a b
  331. ^ "Amaranthus palmeri Calflora". Calflora. 2022. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  332. PMID 25567942
    .
  333. ^ .
  334. .
  335. ^ a b c d e
  336. ^ .
  337. .
  338. ^ .
  339. ^ a b c d
  340. ^ "Pierce's Disease Control Program". California Department of Food and Agriculture. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  341. S2CID 251514273
    .
  342. ^ a b Daugherty, M.P.; Cooper, M.; Smith, R.; Varela, L.; Almeida, R. (December 2019). "Has Climate Contributed to a Pierce's Disease Resurgence in North Coast Vineyards?". Wine Business Monthly. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  343. ^ a b c d
  344. .
  345. ^ a b c d e f g h
  346. ^ .
  347. UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  348. ^
  349. ^ a b
  350. ^ a b
    • Jiang, Jinhua; Ding, Laisong; Michailides, Themis J.; Li, Hongye; Ma, Zhonghua (2009). "Molecular characterization of field azoxystrobin-resistant isolates of Botrytis cinerea".
      ISSN 0048-3575
      .
    This review cites this research.
  351. ^ a b c This review cites this research.
  352. ^ a b c This review cites this research.
  353. ^ a b Koike, Steven T.; Bolda, Mark (2016). "Botrytis Fruit Rot of Strawberry: Production Guideline" (PDF). California Strawberry Commission.
  354. PMID 27066032
    .
  355. ^ .
  356. ^
    S2CID 82168201.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link
    )
  357. .
  358. ^ .
  359. ^
  360. ^ Winks, B. L.; Williams, Y. N. (1966). "A wilt of strawberry caused by a new form of Fusarium oxysporum". Queensland Journal of Agriculture and Animal Science. 22 (4): 475–479.
  361. PMID 30754358
    .
  362. ^
  363. ^ a b c d e f g
  364. .
  365. ^ a b c These reviews cite this research.
  366. .
  367. .
  368. ^
    • Coleman, Jeffrey (2022). Fusarium wilt : methods and protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. Vol. 2391.
      S2CID 239461260.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
      ): 193 
    This review cites this research.
  369. ^ .
  370. .
  371. .
  372. .
  373. ^ a b c d
  374. ^ .
  375. ^ .
  376. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture.
  377. ^ "Root-Knot Nematode in Strawberry". Cal Poly Strawberry Center BLOG. June 28, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  378. ^
    S2CID 219479598
    .
  379. UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved February 19, 2023.
  380. ^ a b
  381. ^ McDonald, Mary Ruth; Jaime, Maria; Hovius, Marilyn; Tesfaedrias, Michael; Barbison, Laura; Boland, Greg. "White Rot Identification and Control" (PDF). Pacific Northwest Vegetable Association. Guelph, Ontario, Canada: University of Guelph. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 17, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  382. ^ Karst, Tom (May 30, 2018). "California garlic sees resurgence". The Packer. Farm Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
  383. ^
    UC Integrated Pest Management
    . UC Agriculture. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  384. UCANR
    . Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  385. ^ .
  386. ^ .
  387. ^ .
  388. ^
    UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  389. ^ a b
  390. ^ a b c These reviews cite this research.
  391. ^ .
  392. .
  393. ^ .
  394. ^ .
  395. .
  396. ^ a b
    • Narayanasamy, P. (2008). Molecular Biology in Plant Pathogenesis and Disease Management Vol. 3, Disease management.
      OCLC 261325778
      .
    This book cites this research.
  397. ^ a b Agrios, George (2005). Plant Pathology (5 ed.).
    OCLC 134821046
    .
  398. .
  399. ^ .
  400. ^ .
  401. ^ a b c This review cites this research.
  402. Foundation Plant Services
    . Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  403. Foundation Plant Services
    . Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  404. ^ Bolda, Mark; Dara, Surendra; Fallon, Julie; Sanchez, Misael; Peterson, Kevin (November 2015). Strawberry Production Manual For Growers on the Central Coast (2 ed.). Retrieved April 6, 2023. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  405. .
  406. UC Statewide IPM Program
    . Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  407. .
  408. .
  409. Regional Integrated Pest Management Centers
    Database. 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  410. ^ Kumar, Ravindra; Gupta, Anuja, eds. (2020). Seed-Borne Diseases of Agricultural Crops: Detection, Diagnosis & Management.
    S2CID 218682899
    .
  411. ^ a b "California". Risk Management Agency. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  412. ^
    UC Davis
    . Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  413. ISBN 978-94-007-9436-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  414. .
  415. .
  416. ^ .
  417. ^ "Farm Labor". University of California, Davis. 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  418. OCLC 609288779
    .
  419. .
  420. .
  421. ^
  422. .
  423. . Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  424. .
  425. .
  426. ^ .
  427. . S-13-017.
  428. Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
    : 5–8.
  429. .
  430. .
  431. ^ Dickerson, Caitlin; Medina, Jennifer (February 9, 2017). "California Farmers Backed Trump, but Now Fear Losing Field Workers". The New York Times.
  432. ^ a b Passel, Jeffrey S.; Cohn, D'Vera (2017). "Immigration projected to drive growth in U.S. working-age population through at least 2035". Pew Research Center.
  433. ^
    Arizona Republic
    .
  434. Indigenous Farmworker Study
    . 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  435. ^
    S2CID 250515385
    .
  436. ^ Nickelsburg, Jerry (2017). "Strawberry fields forever — unless immigration policy intrudes". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  437. ^ a b Leahy, Brian; Gorder, Nan; Lee, Marshall; Fossen, Matt; Verke, Paul; Davidson, Nita (2013). "Nonfumigant Strawberry Production Working Group Action Plan" (PDF). California Department of Pesticide Regulation. pp. iii+34.
  438. ^ "Unauthorized Immigrant Population Profiles". Migration Policy Institute. 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  439. .
  440. .
  441. .
  442. ^ Miller, Leila (2021). "Zapotec in 90006, K'iche' in 90057: New map highlights L.A.'s Indigenous communities". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  443. ^ "California Department of Industrial Relations". California Department of Industrial Relations.
  444. ^ "Protect Your Business—Prevent Penalties" (PDF). Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  445. University of California Cooperative Extension
    . Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  446. ^
    University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources
    .
  447. ^ a b "Outside Scholarships for Pathway Students". University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Student Affairs. 2022. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  448. KFSN-TV Fresno
    . Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  449. ISSN 2047-3710
    .
  450. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
    . July 2015. 3448. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  451. Indigenous Farmworker Study
    . Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  452. ^ Migration Program University of California, Davis. "Hired Workers on California Farms". Changing Face. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  453. ^ These reviews cite this research.
  454. ^ These reviews cite this research.
  455. ^ These reviews cite this research.
  456. ^ Singh, Maanvi (March 27, 2023). "They grow America's strawberries. A vicious flood made them climate migrants". The Guardian. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

External links