Pacific Ag Group

Pacific Ag ResearchCalifornia

Pacific Ag Research Main Farm - San Luis ObispoEdna Valley – Edna

Guadalupe Valley - GuadalupeSalinas Valley - SpreckelsHuasna Valley - Huasna

Carpenter Canyon – Arroyo GrandeSan Joaquin Valley – Five Points

Florida Ag ResearchFlorida

Florida Ag Research Main Farm - ThonotosassaFlorida Ag Strawberry Farm - Dover

Locations

Pacific Ag Research

Florida Ag Research

Entomology and Plant Pathology

• Pacific Ag maintains three science laboratories for the study of insects and plant diseases of economic importance.

Entomology and Plant Pathology

• Entomology Laboratory

• Plant Pathology Laboratory

• Post-Harvest Laboratory

Laboratory and Greenhouse Bioassays

Determining the mode of action and the basic rate response of any biologically active

compound is fundamental to commercial product development.

Soil Fumigation and Chemigation Studies

Quite simply, Pacific Ag is the world leader in private soil fumigation and chemigation research.

Nematode Research Nematicide DevelopmentNematodes have become increasingly important pests of

agriculture and landscapes worldwide. This is the result of both intensified cropping system as well as the elimination of many soil

applied chemicals formerly used as commercial.

Post-harvest and Fermentation Studies

Post-harvest and fermentation research follows a crop from the production field into the marketplace, where it is stored or

processed into a value-added product.

Post harvest evaluations for botyrtis

Evaluating effects of Pesticides and Fertilizers on Wine Fermentation & Quality

Post Harvest Processing from Field to Marketed Product

Sensory Evaluations using Davis 0-20 Wine Defects Scale On Site or Outside Lab

Psyillids on Pepper/Tomato Zebra Chip on Potato

Sclerotinia pressure on lettuce and several other soil diseases

Canola Seed Research on the Central Coast along with Vegetable Seeds

PGR studies are commonly done every year in the San Joaquin Valley

RLA Management Considerations1,2

• Recent pest in lettuce in CA• Not known to transmit viruses in lettuce• Does not develop clumped colonies like GPA• Disperses to interior of head & inner leaf stalks vs frame leaves• Population can increase rapidly, 15-fold faster than GPA• RLA aphid can be difficult to wash from head interior

1 www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r441301511.html 2 http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1143/

• PCAs indicate no tolerance for RLA at any lettuce stage

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