Kevin R Day

County Director and Pomology Advisor

Cooperative Extension Tulare County
4437-B S. Laspina St.
Tulare, CA 93274
(559) 684-3300
krday@ucanr.edu

Also in:
Kings County

Education

MS Plant Science, California State University, Fresno. 1985

Carroll R. Miller Award
Presented by National Peach Council, http://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/newsletters/ANR_Report44727.pdf, 2012

Fresh-shipping deciduous tree fruits. Cultural practices and production, fruit growth and development, pruning and training systems

Ayres, James A.; Phene, Claude J., et al. (2017). Determining pomegranate water and nitrogen requirements with drip irrigation. Agricultural Water Management. Elsevier B.V. 187, 11-23. 5 March 2017. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.03.007
Tombesi, S.; Day, K. R., et al.; Johnson, R.S.; DeJong, T. M. (2017). Effectiveness of peach (Prunus persica) rootstocks for vigor control of plum (P.Salicina)scions in relation with xylem vessel size. Acta Horticulturae.T. Robinson. International Society for Horticultural Science. 1177, 111-116.
DeJong, T.M.; Johnson, R.S., et al.; Day, Kevin R. (2011). "Controller 5, Controller 9 and Hiawatha peach rootstocks: their performance and physiology." Acta Horticulturae 903: 221-228.
Day, Kevin R.; Johnson, R.S., et al.; DeJong, T.M. (2011). "Effect of timing of topping to reduce tree height on subsequent year vigor of early-season â??Arctic Starâ?? nectarine." Acta Horticulturae 903: 711-716.
Day, Kevin R.; Buckner, Richard P. (2011). Growing prunes for the fresh market. UC Prune Production Manual.
DeJong, T.M.; Negron, C., et al. (2011). "Using concepts of shoot growth and architecture to understand and predict responses to peach tree pruning." Acta Horticulturae
Lopez, G.; Day, Kevin R., et al.; DeJong, T.M. (2011). "Why do early spring temperatures reduce peach fruit size and yield at harvest." Acta Horticulturae 903: 1055-1062.