Category: Commercial Grow

Briefly, samples were thawed at room temperature, washed in DI water, and cut into 1 mm cross sections with a fresh double-sided razor blade. Sections were then transferred to 1.5 ml of 0.15% Proteinase K solution and mixed at 55°C and 300 RPM rotation for 14 days with an Eppendorf Thermomixer . Samples were then washed…

Narrow spacing affected berry temperature by potentially reducing the duration of berry exposure due to shading from neighboring vines. Compared to the wider row spacing, the berries in narrow row spacing in N-S rows on a flat terrain intercepted up to 36% less sunlight and reduced elevated berry temperatures on the west-facing side . In the…

As a result, an increasing number of toxicity cases caused by supplements are reported. In this report, we are describing a case of a life-threatening polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a young female who had recently started taking an OTC fat burner containing raspberry ketones as an ingredient. During hospitalization, she experienced resistant PVT that responded only…

Cranberries are rich in numerous phenolic compounds, including A-type procyanidins, anthocyanins, flavanols, benzoic acid, and ursolic acid. Due to the extremely low sugar and high tart and astringency nature, cranberry products often contain added sugar or are blended with other fruits to improve palatability. To date, no systematic reviews or meta-analysis has noted an efficacy…

The Sacramento Valley grows rice, tree nuts and fruits, tomatoes, alfalfa, and dozens of other crops. This region applies around 10,100 hm3 of water for irrigation of over 839,000 ha. The southern and larger part of the CV, the San Joaquin Valley , includes the San Joaquin River Basin with low average precipitation , and…

We sequenced the genome through a combination of short- and long read approaches, including Illumina, 10X Genomics, and PacBio, totaling 615-fold coverage of the genome . Illumina and 10X Genomics data were assembled and scaffolded with the software package DenovoMAGIC3 , which has recently been used to assemble the allotetraploid wheat genome. We further scaffolded the genome to chromosome scale…

However, what is unusual in Figure A1 is the relatively high density observed near the tails of the distributions, at acreage ranges of 101–300 for fruits/nuts and of 201 acres or more for vegetables . Nevertheless, fruits/nuts and vegetables showed very different patterns in the very large acreage classes— only 3 percent of fruit/nut farms in…

This total includes H-2A guest workers whose highest earnings were from an agricultural employer. Primary farm workers accounted for over 80% of all workers with at least one job in California agriculture. Another 185,000 workers, or almost 20% of all agricultural workers, had at least one job with an agricultural employer but earned more from…

As earlier in the century, Oakland’s demographic shifts in the era of deindustrialization were not simply black and white, but multihued. Changing immigration policies in 1965 allowed a greater influx of Latinos into Oakland, primarily into the already heavily Mexican Fruitvale district. Many of the new arrivals worked in low-end service jobs in the industrial…

Total plant volume was calculated as the volume of a pyramid height and the two canopy widths . Data on canopy dieback for each individual were collected in fall 2016. Dieback was assessed as the actual percent of “non-green” vegetation, defined as yellow, brown, and black/gray leaves, as well as bare/defoliated stems within the canopy.…