Pecan Orchard Management, Handbook 12
Serial publication focused on agricultural research and resources available to state residents through the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
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Series - Handbooks
Collection name - NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present
Date - 2000-05
Decade - 2000s
Author - Herrera, Esteban A.
Subject (LCSH) - Orchards--New Mexico--Management
- Pecan--New Mexico
Subject (NALT) - orchards
- pecans
- New Mexico
Table of contents - Pecan plantings in the western region
- Selecting a pecan orchard site
- Soil microorganisms
- Managing soils in pecan orchards
- Rootstocks
- Pecan varieties for New Mexico
- Flowering habits of pecan trees
- Cross-pollination
- Planting, spacing, and tree thinning
- Estimating water needs for pecan trees
- Water management
- General nutrition
- Nitrogen
- Zinc
- Applying manure
- Taking soil samples
- Sampling pecan leaves for for analysis
- Nut growth and development
- Pecan sticktights
- Managing weeds in pecan orchards
- Training young pecan trees
- Pruning mature pecan trees
- Painting trunk white protects pecan trees
- Transplanting mature pecan trees
- Budding or grafting
- Harvest time
- Harvesting pecans early
- Managing crop load
- Marketing pecans
- Storing pecans
- Pecan buyers and custom shellers in the western region
- Pecan orchards should have soil moisture during winter
- Pecan Nut Casebearer (PNC) in New Mexico
- Evaluate orchard management practices before harvest
- General recommendations
Extent - 64 pages
Notes - Handbook containing a detailed overview of managing pecan production in orchards in New Mexico, from tree planting to pecan harvesting and marketing.
Original publisher - New Mexico State University
- Cooperative Extension Service
Place of publication - Las Cruces (N.M.)
Frequency - frequency varies
Digital publisher - New Mexico State University Library
Source - NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)
Language - English
Type - Text
Format - application/pdf
Medium (AAT) - newsletters
Genre (AAT) - periodicals
Access rights - Open to re-use
Metadata cataloger - Page, Kristen
- Schneider, Ingrid
- Roth, Michael
Digital identifier - UAAPH000012.pdf
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