April 1970

Cover: Good nutrition means good food and the purpose of ENEP - Agricultural Extension Service’s Expanded Nutrition Education Program - is to attack malnutrition nationwide with instruction for low-income groups on healthful eating habits. “Taste-ins” and “mini-gardens” help put across the story of ENEP-Youth program.

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California Agriculture, April 1970

Volume 24, Number 4

research articles

CM 67 and Atlas 68… two new yellow-dwarf resistant barley varieties
by C. W. Schaller , C. I. Chim , J. D. Prato , W. H. Isom
pp4-6, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p4
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Ethrel sprays reduce number of pickings in hand-harvested cantaloupes
by K. Tyler , D. May , R. Miller
pp6-7, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p6
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Asparagus yields and plant vigor as influenced by time and duration of cutting
by F. H. Takatori , J. I. Stillman , F. D. Souther
pp8-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p8
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A research brief… potassium role found essential in stomatal functioning for plant life
Editors
pp10, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p10
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Controlling fruit formation on olive and Victorian box with Off-Shoot-O and Ethrel
by Tok Furuta , Wes Humphrey , Richard Maire , Leo Yamamato
pp11, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p11
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Ragwort flea beetle established for biological control of tansy ragwort in Northern California
by Kenneth E. Frick
pp12-13, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p12
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Apple shape changing possible with cytokinin and gibberellin sprays
by G. C. Martin , D. S. Brown , M. M. Nelson
pp14, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p14
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Six acaroids tested for control of two-spotted mites on Bartlett pears
by J. Blair Bailey , G. W. Morehead , C. S. Davis , H. A. Ewing
pp15, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p15
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: People-izing agriculture
by E. C. Maxie
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p2
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General Information

Enep-youth …good food for good nutrition
Editors
pp3, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p3a
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Research previews
Editors
pp3, doi#10.3733/ca.v024n04p3b
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