January-February 1998

Cover: Pallid bats, such as the one shown, feed on grasshoppers, beetles, potato bugs and other invertebrates such as scorpions and centipedes. These bats fly close to the ground, often alighting on the ground or on trees to capture their prey... Photo by Merlin D. Tuttle, Bat Conservation International

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California Agriculture, January-February 1998

Volume 52, Number 1
Enlisting nature: Bats pack punch in pest control

peer-reviewed research articles

Bats feed on crop pests in Sacramento Valley
by Rachael Freeman Long , Tiffanie Simpson , Tzung-Su Ding , Steve Heydon , Wilbur Reil
pp8-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p8
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Media campaigns promote driver safety for farmworkers
by James I. Grieshop , Myriam Grajales-Hall , Lupe Ortiz
pp11-15, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p11
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New crop coefficients estimate water use of vegetables, row crops
by Stephen R. Grattan , Wilbur Bowers , Allen Dong , Richard L. Snyder , John J. Carroll , William George
pp16-21, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p16
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Earlier irrigation cutoff for sugarbeets conserves water
by Stephen R. Kaffka , Gary R. Peterson , Don Kirby
pp21-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p21
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Water turbulence disrupts accuracy of some flow meters
by Blaine R. Hanson , Larry J. Schwankl
pp25-30, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p25
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Parasitoid wasp controls blue gum psyllid
by Donald L. Dahlsten , David L. Rowney , William A. Copper , Richard L. Tassan , William E. Chaney , Karen L. Robb , Steven Tjosvold , Mary Bianchi , Priscilla Lane
pp31-34, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p31
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Biological control of the blue gum psyllid proves economically beneficial
by Donald L. Dahlsten , Evan P. Hansen , Robert L. Zuparko , Richard B. Norgaard
pp35-40, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p35
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Times and programs change, but Division carries on tradition of public service
by W.R. Gomes
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p2
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“City Bugs” website turns teens into taxonomists
by Jill Goetz
pp4-5, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p4
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UC trains welfare recipients
Editors
pp5, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p5
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Science Briefs: Bison disease still threatens cattle
Editors
pp6, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p6a
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Bats can pack a punch in pest control
Editors
pp6-7, doi#10.3733/ca.v052n01p6b
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