Current Research

Projects currently funded by the Research Board require both an executive summary and a full report before the final payment is sent.

Executive Summaries are due December 1, 2024.

• CPRB Executive Summary Instructions-2024
• CPRB Executive Summary Template-2024

Request for Proposals for Pistachio Research

The California Pistachio Research Board (CPRB) is requesting proposals for pistachio research that will commence March 2025. Proposals for all aspects of commercial pistachio production are invited but the CPRB is particularly interested in research focused in the following areas:
• General production: Irrigation (e.g. water stress), plant nutrition, tree training, weed management, harvest optimization, advanced technologies (e.g. AI, robotics, mechanization), etc.
• Plant physiology: Climate, dormancy/chill, flower biology, pollen health and receptivity, carbohydrate production and synthesis throughout the season
• Genetics: New cultivars and rootstocks, improved nut quality (e.g. size, taste)
• Entomology: Biology, ecology and management of insect pests (e.g. navel orangeworm, mealybug, leaf-footed bug and invasive pests like Carpophilus beetle, orchard sanitation
• Plant Pathology: Biology, ecology and management of diseases (Phytophthora, Aspergillus Alternaria, etc.)
• Other projects related to growing, harvesting and storing pistachios (e.g. food safety, organics)

• RFP 2025 memo

Proposals must include a cover page (maximum two pages) that has the information on the template provided.

• 2025 CPRB Research Cover

Proposal Presentations

Proposal presentations to the CPRB Members and Alternates will be:

2/5/2025*     8:00am – 4:30 pm Researcher presentations of their 2025 CPRB Research Proposal(s) to the CPRB Committee (Board).  *This meeting will be held at the Kingsburg Historical Park meeting room Kingsburg, CA. Please plan on joining us for dinner following the presentations.  (Location to be determined).

2/6/2025*     8:00am – 2:00pm Researcher presentations of their 2025 CPRB Research Proposals to the CPRB Committee (Board). *This meeting will be held at the Kingsburg Historical Park meeting room Kingsburg, CA

Past Research Reports

• Research Database