November-December 1992

Cover: Workers line the South Alamo Canal with concrete, a project involving 150 miles of existing earthen lateral and main canals in the Imperial Irrigation District (IID). The lining prevents ground seepage, a conservation measure funded under the historic water transfer agreement between IID and Metropolitan Water District (MWD). It will allow the capture of previously lost water for use by MWD. Photo by Don Harvey, courtesy of IID

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California Agriculture, November-December 1992

Volume 46, Number 6
Water transfers: Who wins? Who loses?

peer-reviewed research articles

Conflict within irrigation districts may limit water transfer gains
by Michael D. Rosen
pp4-7, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p4
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Lessons of the Rosen study: District control of water transfers likely to benefit landowners
by Rodney T. Smith
pp8-11, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p8
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Imported parasite may help control European asparagus aphid
by Kent M. Daane , Glenn Y. Yokota , Richard F. Gill , Leopoldo E. Caltagirone , Kenneth S. Hagen , Dan Gonzalez , Petr Stary , William E. Chaney
pp12-14, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p12
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Furrow torpedoes improve irrigation water advance
by Lawrence J. Schwankl , Blaine R. Hanson , Anthanasios Panoras
pp15-17, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p15
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Salt deposits in evaporation ponds: an environmental hazard?
by Kenneth K. Tanji , Colin G. H. Ong , Randy A. Dahlgren , Mitchell J. Herbel
pp18-21, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p18
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In laboratory and field tests, water conditioners fail to improve infiltration or prevent clogging
by Jan W. Hopmans , Lawrence J. Schwankl , Stephen R. Grattan , Josh Gravenmier
pp22-25, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p22
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Cover crops lower soil surface strength, may improve soil permeability
by Olatunji A. Folorunso , Dennis E. Rolston , P Terry Prichard , Dianne T. Louie
pp26-27, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p26
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Shorter sprinkler irrigations reduce Botryosphaeria blight of pistachio
by Themis J. Michailides , David P. Morgan , Joseph A. Grant , William H. Olson
pp28-32, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p28
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Lessons from 1991 for a new era of water management
by Henry Vaux , Harold Carter
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v046n06p2
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