March-April 1992

Cover: IPM area advisor Jim Stapleton (center) has shown that polyethylene mulch can reduce water use and Verticillium wilt in first-year almond and apricot orchards. Scattered Central Valley farmers are beginning to adopt this sustainable practice. Also pictured are postgraduate researchers Roger Duncan (left) and Abraham Gamliel (right). Photo by Jack Kelly Clark

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California Agriculture, March-April 1992

Volume 46, Number 2
Is California headed toward sustainable agriculture?

peer-reviewed research articles

A study asks: Are California's farmers headed toward sustainable agriculture?
by James I. Grieshop , Arnaz K. Raj
pp4-7, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p4
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Commodity advertising pays… or does it? What it takes to keep those raisins dancing
by Hoy F. Carman , Richard D. Green , Gay J. Mandour
pp8-12, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p8
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Late-season nitrogen may be efficient way to increase winter wheat protein
by Bruce A. Linquist , Ken G. Cassman , Allan E. Fulton , Lee F. Jackson
pp13-16, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p13
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Competitive with soybean: White lupin could be new high-protein seed and forage for California
by Kevin J. Larson , Kenneth G. Cassman
pp17-19, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p17
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In California's municipalities, saving native oaks calls for planning
by Jan M. Whittington , William D. Tietje
pp20-22, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p20
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Apple rootstocks evaluated for California
by Warren C. Micke , James T. Yeager , Paul M. Vossen , Richard S. Bethell , John H. Footl , Ronald H. Tyler
pp23-25, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p23
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To control postharvest decay and insects, moist heat treatments of strawberries are studied
by Frank T. Yoshikawa , F. Gordon Mitchell , Gene Mayer
pp26-28, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p26
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Resistant cultivars, fungicides combat downy mildew of spinach
by Steven T. Koike , Richard F. Smith , Kurt F. Schulbach
pp29-30, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p29
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New moisture meter could curb overdrying of walnuts
by James F. Thompson , Joseph A. Grant
pp31-34, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p31
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Management strategies outlined: Research reveals pattern of cucurbit virus spread
by Thomas M. Perring , Charles A. Farrar , Matthew J. Blua , Keith Mayberry
pp35-40, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p35
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Land grant model: Help for the new Russia
by Seymour D. Van Gundy
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n02p2
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