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Louise Ferguson is with the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis, a UC Cooperative Extension Specialist. She noted that research is underway on why a Navel Orangeworm adult lays its egg on a pistachio shell.
Franz Niederholzer is a UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Farm Advisor. He comments on planting almonds with less spacing between the trees down the row.
Srinivasa Peddinti is a postdoctoral research scholar in the department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis. His primary research focuses on soil moisture sensor calibration, soil-water-plant interactions, and root water uptake studies. He comments on his research.<p>
Kelsey Fenn is a Ph.D. student in UC Davis's soil and biogeochemistry graduate group. She is studying the cover crop and its usefulness in increasing water infiltration in the soil.
Daniele Zaccaria is an Associate Professor and Agricultural Water Management Specialist at Cooperative Extensional UC Davis. He noted that nearly 20 percent of the pistachio acreage on poor saline soils.