California Agriculture, January-February 1981

Volume 35, Number 1

peer-reviewed research articles

Price savings at California consumer co-ops
by Robert Sommer , William E. Hohn
pp4-5, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p4
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Consumer cooperatives surveyed offered price savings but fewer choices and less convenience than supermarkets.
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Effectiveness of pheromone mass-trapping of the smaller european elm bark beetle
by Martin C. Birch , Timothy D. Paine , Jeffrey C. Miller
pp6-7, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p6
Abstract
Mass-trapping doesn't suppress populations of the smaller European elm bark beetle but is useful as a monitor.
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Fungicide protects grapevines from Eutypa
by William J. Moller , Amand N. Kasamatis
pp8, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p8
Abstract
Benlate applied to large pruning wounds protected grapevines.
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The case for regional groundwater management
by B. Delworth Gardner , Richard E. Howitt , Carole Frank Nuckton
pp9-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p9
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Flexible regional management would permit stopping overdrafting at the point where benefit to all users is at a maximum.
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Is overdrafting groundwater always bad?
by Richard E. Howitt , Carole Frank Nuckton
pp10-12, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p10
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Pumping more than the annual water recharge may not be detrimental until costs of pumping from deeper levels exceed short-term benefits.
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Sex pheromone offers promise for control of artichoke plume moth
by Kenneth F. Haynes , Martin C. Birch , Jerome A. Klun
pp13-14, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p13
Abstract
The artichoke plume moth may be foiled by field-wide use of a synthetic sex pheromone to confuse male moths.
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Zorro annual fescue for emergency revegetation
by Burgess L. Kay , Walter L. Graves , Theodore E. Adams , Michael Garver , Kenneth Croeni , Robert D. Slayback
pp15-17, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p15
Abstract
Zorro annual fescue outperformed other grasses in problem areas.
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Managing range and pasture to suppress tarweed
by Gregory K. Perrier , William A. Williams , Steven R. Radosevich
pp18-19, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p18
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Spring herbicide, summer mowing, and chisel plowing treatments gave the greatest reduction in tarweed density.Properly timed management practices suppress this sticky range pest.
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Cold storage of French prunes may expand dehydrator capacity
by F. Gordon Mitchell , G. Steven Sibbett , Gene Mayer
pp20-22, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p20
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Improved fast-cooling methods make it praetical to harvest French prunes at optimum maturity and cold-store them for up to three weeks before dehydration.Harvested at optimum maturity and rapidly cooled, French prunes can be cold-stored for up to three weeks before drying.
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Impact of increasing energy costs on pump-irrigated agriculture
by Charles V. Moore
pp23-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p23
Abstract
Higher energy costs may cause crop shifts, especially in the heavily pumpirrigated Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys
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Parasitic nematode may control carpenterworm in fig trees
by James E. Lindegren , Tom T. Yamashita , William W. Barnett
pp25-26, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p25
Abstract
Carpenterworms, protected in tunnels deep inside fig trees, are sought out and killed by parasitic nematodes applied to gallery openings.
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The citrus clonal protection program
by Walter Reuther
pp30-32, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p30
Abstract
Refinements in disease detection and plant propagation have led to faster, cheaper methods of producing disease-free budwood.Most new citrus orchards planted in California use certified disease-free budwood developed by this program.
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Revitalizing U.S. agricultural and food research
by J. B. Kendrick
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p2
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General Information

Donations for agricultural research, July 1, 1979—June 30, 1980
Editors
pp27-29, doi#10.3733/ca.v035n01p27
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