January-February 1999

Cover: The Bay-Delta is the largest estuary on the west coast of the Americas and is home to 750 species of plants and animals. The Bay-Delta also supplies drinking water to two-thirds of Californians and irrigates 7 million acres of farmland. With a watershed that drains more than a thrid of the state, the Delta's inflow averages 24 million acre feet per year but has dipped as much as 75% in drought years. More than 7,000 water projects divert 20% to 70% of the Delta's natural flow.

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California Agriculture, January-February 1999

Volume 53, Number 1
Bay-Delta debate: Who will get the water?

peer-reviewed research articles

Saline water can be reused to irrigate sugarbeets, but sugar may be low
by Stephen Kaffka , Dong Daxue , Gary Peterson
pp11-15, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p11
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Shot hole encourages almond drop, doesn't harm kernels
by Beth L. Teviotdale , Nancy Goodell , Dennis Harper
pp16-18, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p16
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Contaminants and injury induce inking on peaches and nectarines
by Carlos H. Crisosto , R. Scott Johnson , Kevin R. Day , Bob Beede , Harry Andris
pp19-23, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p19
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Farmers adopt new irrigation and fertilizer techniques: Changes could help growers maintain yields, protect water quality
by Joe Dillon , Susan Edinger-Marshall , John Letey
pp24-31, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p24
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Food preparation practices influence nutrition
by Estella West , Cathi Lamp , Amy Block Joy , Suzanne Murphy , Mark Hudes , Sybille Bunch , Joan Wright
pp29-32, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p29
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Farmworkers positive about their jobs, but suggest improvements
by Gregory Encina Billikopf
pp33-36, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p33
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Desert heat degrades quality of stored alfalfa hay
by Juan N. Guerrero , S. Sherwood Winans
pp37-40, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p37
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Strategic planning enters new phase
by W.R. Gomes
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p2
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Science Briefs
Editors
pp4, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p4
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Safety award winners describe best practices
Editors
pp5, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p5
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UC shores up research for CALFED: How do you slice the water pie?
Editors
pp6-7, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p6
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Q & A: Devising a water strategy for the 21st century
by Henry J. Vaux
pp8-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v053n01p8
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