Pest Management Alliance Project Final Report

Year 5

Contract number: 97-0281

Contract title: "To Promote a Reduced-Risk System of Almond Production Through Alternative Practices"

Principal Investigator: Chris Heintz, Director of Research, Technology, and Education, Almond Board of California

Contractor organization:

Almond Board of California
1150 Ninth St., #1500
Modesto, CA 95354
209-549-8262 (phone)
209-549-8267 (fax)
www.almondboard.com

February 9, 2004

Prepared for California Department of Pesticide Regulation

Disclaimer

The statements and conclusions in this report are those of the contractor and not necessarily those of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.  The mention of commercial products, their source, or their use in connection with material reported herein is not to be construed as actual or implied endorsement of such products.

Acknowledgments

This report was prepared with the assistance of the following individuals as partners in the Almond Pest Management Alliance:

Almond Hullers and Processors Association

Gene Beach
2360 Lecco Way
Merced, CA 95340
(209)723-7661
Fax: (209) 723-7943
Email: genebeach@aol.com

University of California

Frank Zalom
Statewide IPM Project
Davis, CA 95616-8621
(530) 752-8350
Fax: (530) 752-6004
Email: fgzalom@ucdavis.edu

Walt Bentley
UC Regional IPM Entomologist
UC Kearney Ag Center
9240 S. Riverbend Ave.
Parlier, CA 93648
(209) 646-6527
Fax: (209) 646-6593
Email: walt@uckac.edu

Mario Viveros
Kern County Farm Advisor
1031 S. Mount Vernon Ave.
Bakersfield, CA 93307
(661) 868-6211
Fax: (661) 834-9359
Email: cekern@ucdavis.edu

Lonnie Hendricks
Merced County Farm Advisor
2145 W. Wardrobe Ave.
Merced, CA 95340
(209) 385-7403
Fax: (209) 722-8856
Email: lchendricks@ucdavis.edu

Roger Duncan
Stanislaus County Farm Advisor
3800 Cornucopia Way, Suite A
Modesto, CA 95355
(209) 525-6654
Fax: (209) 525-6840
Email: raduncan@ucdavis.edu

Carolyn Pickel
UC Area IPM Advisor - Sacramento Valley
UC Cooperative Extension
142 - A Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95941
(530) 822-7515
Fax: (530) 673-5368
Email: cxpickel@ucdavis.edu

Joe Connell
Butte County Farm Advisor
2279 Del Oro Ave., Suite B
Oroville, CA 95965
(530) 538-7201
Fax: (530) 538-7140
Mobile: (530) 521-8066
Email: jhconnell@ucdavis.edu

Bill Krueger
Glenn County Farm Advisor
P.O. Box 697
Orland, CA 95963
(530) 865-1107
Fax: (530) 865-1109
Email: whkrueger@ucdavis.edu

Rick Buchner
Tehama/Shasta County Farm Advisor
1754 Walnut St.
Red Bluff, CA 96080
(530) 527-3101
Fax: (530) 527-0917
Email: rpbuchner@ucdavis.edu

Wes Asai
Pomology Consulting
14113 Harding Rd.
Turlock, CA 95380
Cell phone: (209) 531-3735
Pager: (209) 990-3735
Office/fax: (209) 669-6123

Mark Looker
Project Administrator
717 El Vecino Ave.
Modesto, CA 95350
(209) 549-8262 ext. 108
Fax: (209) 549-8267
Email: mllooker@ainet.com

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This report was submitted in fulfillment of DPR contract number 97-0281 "To Promote A Reduced System of Almond Production Through Alternative Practices" by the Almond Board of California under the (partial) sponsorship of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Work was completed as of July 31, 2003.

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