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How to Manage Pests
UC Pest Management Guidelines
Avocado
Timings
for Key Cultural/Monitoring Practices
(Reviewed 1/07,
updated 1/07)
In this Guideline:
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Outlined below in the shaded areas are approximate
times of key cultural/monitoring practices for avocado trees growing in Santa
Barbara and Ventura counties. Optimal times vary according to location,
weather, and crop development stage. Testing foliage and soil generally are
done once during the indicated period. Practices such as cultivation, frost
protection, irrigation, and pest monitoring are ongoing or are repeated at
appropriate intervals.
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CROP
DEVELOPMENT
STAGE |
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| Pollination and Fruit Set |
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Leaf Flush |
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| CULTURAL/MONITORING
PRACTICES |
| Irrigate regularly based on monitoring trees' need for water |
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| Monitor pests regularly |
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| Prune and thin where beneficial1 |
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| Protect against frost |
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| Place honey bee hives in groves |
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| Test soil nutrients, pH, etc. |
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| Measure and adjust irrigation output and uniformity |
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| Test irrigation water quality |
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| Harvest |
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| Cultivate weeds |
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| Fertilize if needed |
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| Sample foliar nutrients |
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| Test soil salinity |
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UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines: Avocado
UC ANR Publication 3436
General Information
Adapted from: CAC and CMCC. 2003. A Pest Management Strategic Plan
for Avocado Production in California. Irvine, CA: California Avocado Commission
and California Minor Crops Council.
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