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Website Resources • Drought Management for California Almonds by David Doll and Ken Shackel: anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8515.pdf • Use of the Pressure Chamber: anrcatalog.ucdavis.edu/pdf/8515.pdf • Irrigation System Health and Performance: micromaintain.ucanr.edu/ • UC IPM: ucipm.ucanr.edu • Winter Shaking Research: www.wcngg.com/2020/01/06/does-late-winter-shaking-reduce-yield-potential-in-almonds/ • Almond Pest Management Guidelines: www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/almond/Dormant-Spur-or-First-Year-Twig-Sampling-and-Treatment-Guidelines/ • Herbicide Control: www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/almond/Susceptibility-of-Weeds-in-Almond-to-Herbicide-Control/ • UC ANR’s Young Orchard Handbook, developed by UCCE Orchard Advisor Kat Jarvis-Shean, has great information on weed management: ccfruitandnuts.ucanr.edu/files/238596.pdf • Biology and Control Practices for Ground Squirrels: ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7438.html • Information on Gopher Control (in walnuts, but it applies to almonds): www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/agriculture/walnut/Pocket-Gophers/ • Almond Board of California’s Honey Bee Best Management Practices: www.almonds.com/sites/default/files/2020-12/BeeBPMs_12212020.pdf • Frost Control: sacvalleyorchards.com/almonds/horticulture/frost-protection-2/ • Frost Protection: biomet.ucdavis.edu/index.php/frost-protection-mainmenu-33 • UC Ag & Resource Economics Department’s Almond Cost and Return Studies for the South San Joaquin, North San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys: coststudies.ucdavis.edu/en/current/ • Almond Board of California’s Almond Almanac: www.almonds.com/tools-and-resources/crop-reports/almond-almanac • Planting Trends by Variety (California Almond Acreage Report): www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Specialty_and_Other_Releases/Almond/ Acreage/202004almac.pdf 5 3 J A N U A R Y – F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 1