July-September 2009

Cover: A large carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp.[fam. Apidae]) visits a mint flower (Lamiaceae) in an urban California garden. In a recent study, a wide variety of native bees frequented ornamental plants in gardens across California (see page 113). Photo by Rollin Coville.

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California Agriculture, July-September 2009

Volume 63, Number 3
Native bees enrich urban gardens

peer-reviewed research articles

Native bees are a rich natural resource in urban California gardens
by Gordon W. Frankie , Robbin W. Thorp , Jennifer Hernandez , Mark Rizzardi , Barbara Ertter , Jaime C. Pawelek , Sara L. Witt , Mary Schindler , Rollin Coville , Victoria A. Wojcik
pp113-120, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p113
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Diaprepes root weevil, a new California pest, will raise costs for pest control and trigger quarantines
by Karen M. Jetter , Kris Godfrey
pp121-126, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p121
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Losses due to lenticel rot are an increasing concern for Kern County potato growers
by James J. Farrar , J. Joseph Nunez , R. Michael Davis
pp127-130, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p127
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Drip irrigation provides the salinity control needed for profitable irrigation of tomatoes in the San Joaquin Valley
by Blaine R. Hanson , Don E. May , Jirka Simnek , Jan W. Hopmans , Robert B. Hutmacher
pp131-136, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p131
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Model could aid emergency response planning for foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks
by Mimako Kobayashi , Richard E. Howitt , Tim E. Carpenter
pp137-142, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p137
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Hay harvesting services respond to market trends
by Steven Blank , Karen Klonsky , Kate Fuller , Steve Orloff , Daniel H. Putnam
pp143-148, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p143
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Whole-farm nutrient balances are an important tool for California dairy farms
by Alejandro R. Castillo
pp149-151, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p149
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Focus on the future: Implementing the ANR strategic vision
by Daniel M. Dooley
pp106, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p106
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Letters
From our readers
pp109, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p109
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Sixty-three years of California Agriculture now online
by Janet White
pp110, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p110
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Genetics and breeding help build a better, stronger bee
by Kathy Keatley Garvey
pp111-112, doi#10.3733/ca.v063n03p111
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