Almond Pest Management Alliance

Year 2 Report

 

Contract number: 98-0326

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

Date: Dec. 31, 2000

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.

Table of Contents: 

  1. Acknowledgments ........ ………………………………………………………..page 3
  2. Executive Summary ............ ……………………………………………………...page 8
  3. Final Report .......…………………………………………………………….. .page 10
  4. Results.............……………………………………………………………….…..page 13
  5. Butte County Results.....……………………….…………………………….……page 14
  6. Kern County Results.....………………………………………………….….……page 39
  7. Stanislaus County Results…......…………………………………………….……page 85
  8. Pesticide Use Reports……….....……………………………………………..…..page 95
  9. Outreach and Extension…….......…………………………………………………page 101
  10. Discussion…………………......…………………………………………… ……page 103
  11. Summary and Conclusions…………………….......………………………..……..page 104
  12. Appendix #1 Almond PMA Fall Newsletter
  13. Appendix #2 Almond PMA Spring Newsletter