January-February 1997

Cover: In southern Sacramento County, a private levee burst and allowed the Mokelumne River to flood this vineyard. January flood damge to winegrapes statewide was estimated at $13.8 million by the California Department of Food and Agriculture... Photo by Jack Kelly Clark

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California Agriculture, January-February 1997

Volume 51, Number 1
Flood damage estimates rise

peer-reviewed research articles

Post-fire herbicide sprays enhance native plant diversity
by Joseph M. DiTomaso , Evelyn A. Healy , Daniel B. Marcum , Guy B. Kyser , Michelle S. Rasmussen
pp6-11, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p6
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Apple russetting influenced by more than copper sprays
by Beth L. Teviotdale , Mario Viveros , Joseph A. Grant
pp11-14, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p11
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Cover crops can increase lettuce drop
by Steven T. Koike , Richard F. Smith , Louise E. Jackson , Lisa J. Wyland , William E. Chaney , John I. Inman
pp15-18, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p15
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Sulfur can suppress mite predators in vineyards
by Rachid Hanna , Frank G. Zalom , Lloyd T. Wilson , George M. Leavitt
pp19-21, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p19
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Africanized bees, 1990–1995: Initial rapid invasion has slowed in the U.S.
by P. Kirk Visscher , Richard S. Vetter , F. Chris Baptista
pp22-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p22
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Oaks grown from nursery stock have better survival rate
by Theodore E. Adams , Peter B. Sands , Marion E. Stanley
pp26-29, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p26
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Workers prefer growers over FLCs
by Gregory Encina Billikopf
pp30-32, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p30
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Future trends challenge irrigated agriculture
by Henry J. Vaux
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p2
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Waters recede, damage estimates soar
Editors
pp4-5, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n01p4
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