May-June 1997

Cover: Warm winter weather enables year-round agricultural production in the Low Desert. One of the largest concentrations of sheep in the United States gathers in the Coachella, Imperial and Palo Verde valleys each winter - close to 300,000 head. From November through March, lambs are brought from the mountain states to graze. Photo by Gerald Holmes

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California Agriculture, May-June 1997

Volume 51, Number 3
Desert Agriculture: The challenge and the promise

peer-reviewed research articles

Forage demand rises as supplies wane: Growers face critical juncture in desert forage production
by Dan Putnam , Robert Kallenbach
pp12-16, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p12
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Appropriate market is key to success of dairying in Imperial Valley
by L.J. (Bees) Butler , Javier Ekboir
pp17-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p17
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Breeding resistant alfalfa holds promise for silverleaf whitefly management
by Larry R. Teuber , Michael E. Rupert , Larry K. Gibbs , Ken L. Taggard
pp25-29, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p25
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Imperial Valley conditions limit Karnal bunt in wheat
by Gerald J. Holmes , Lee F. Jackson , Thomas M. Perring
pp29-32, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p29
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Continuous ponding and shallow aquifer pumping leaches salts in clay soils
by Mark E. Grismer , Khaled M. Bali
pp34-37, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p34
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Irrigation shifts toward sprinklers, drip and microsprinklers
by Susan Edinger-Marshall , John Letey
pp38-40, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p38
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Research can help desert growers in an era of water constraints
by W.R. Gomes
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p2
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Challenge, promise for nation's “winter salad bowl”
by Kathy Barton
pp4-6, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p4
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A river runs through desert agriculture
by Tim Stephens
pp6-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p6
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Scientists pit parasitoids against leafhoppers
Editors
pp11, doi#10.3733/ca.v051n03p11
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