June 1959

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California Agriculture, June 1959

Volume 13, Number 6
Insect and mite damage to field beans

research articles

Processing limas for freezing: Unit costs drop rapidly as percentage of grade-out drops and as total volume and effective utilization of plant increase
by Robert H. Reed
pp3, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p3
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Traffic-induced compaction: Inexpensive and relatively easy to use new soil penetrometer enables measurement of variations in degree of compaction
by W. J. Flocker
pp4, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p4
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Reduction of wildfire hazard: Removal of dead fuel reduced damage by wildfire in treated portion of experimental second growth ponderosa pine range
by H. H. Biswell
pp5, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p5
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Lygus bug control in alfalfa: Increasing tolerance to insecticides complicates control of lygus bugs in state's major alfalfa seed producing areas
by Oscar G. Bacon , Vernon E. Burton , J. E. Swift
pp6, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p6
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Pests of field beans: Insect and mite damage to pink, red beans investigated in Sutter Basin area
by Woodrow W. Middlekauff , John H. Lindt
pp7, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p7
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Soil potassium for potatoes: Depletion of soil potassium by cropping necessitates potash fertilization in certain areas of Kern and Tulare counties
by K. B. Tyler , O. A. Lorenz , P. M. Nelson , J. C. Bishop
pp8, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p8
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California red scale parasites: Colonization and recovery of three species introduced from the Orient in 1956–1957 indicate establishment in California
by Paul DeBach , John Landi
pp9, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p9
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Control of tomato leaf miners: Comparative field tests indicate Dylox and Diazinon may be suitable as replacements for parathion in control programs
by A. E. Michelbacher , John Underhill
pp10, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p10
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Quality of brussels sprouts: Low temperatures during handling operations retarded quality deterioration in study of temperature effects on respiration
by James M. Lyons , Lawrence Rappaport
pp11, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p11
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General Information

State's irrigation districts: Segment of California's agricultural economy increasing in importance as changes in the water payment complex evolve
by Michael F. Brewer
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v013n06p2
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