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UCNFA News Summer 2014 Volume 18 issue 2

• Maintaining Irrigation Efficiency in Greenhouses and Nurseries... 1
• Leaching to Manage Saliinity in Ornamental Crops… 6
• UC Resources Available to Assist through the Drought... 9
• Science to The Grower: Hydrogels do not decrease water use in container plant production... 11
• Get Cultured: Managing media to optimize water use...13
• Insect Hot Topics: Euonymus caterpillars... 16
• Regional Report Santa Cruz/Monterey: Retrospective on improving irrigation management...18
• Regional Report Ventura/Santa Barbara: Drought exacerbates root rot... 21
• Regional Report San Diego/Riverside: First detection of Colletotrichum cymbidiicola in California, water supply update... 22
• Campus and Counties News: Jim Bethke receives the 2014 CANERS research award... 25
• New Publications... 26