California Agriculture, July-August 1986

Volume 40, Number 7

peer-reviewed research articles

Beetle from Australia threatens eucalyptus
by Glenn T. Scriven , Eldon L. Reeves , Robert F. Luck
pp4-6, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p4
Abstract
Spreading rapidly in southern California
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Fungicidal control of tomato blackmold under rainy conditions
by Eugene M. Miyao , Dennis H. Hall , Prudence Somerville , Nancy Blaker
pp7-8, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p7
Abstract
Fungicides as preventive sprays significantly reduced incidence of blackmold
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Determining crop yield losses from air pollutants
by Patrick M. McCool , Robert C. Musselman , Roberto R. Teso , Ronald J. Oshima
pp9-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p9
Abstract
Measurements in field chambers reveal losses to pollution
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Farmworker unions: Status and wage impacts
by Philip L. Martin , Suzanne Vaupel , Daniel Egan
pp11-13, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p11
Abstract
Effects on wages have been significant but limited
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Molecular studies of fruit ripening
by Roger Romani , Betty Hess
pp14-15, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p14
Abstract
Cultured pear fruit cells growing in a liquid suspension provide a useful model
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Fungicides for control of powdery mildew in cucurbit…
by Albert O. Paulus , Curtis E. Engle , Faustino Munoz , Jerry Nelson , Harold W. Otto , Aziz Baameur
pp16, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p16
Abstract
Several new materials show promise
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Fungicides for control of powdery mildew in tomato
by Albert O. Paulus , Robert W. Scheuerman , Faustino Munoz , Philip Osterli , Wayne L. Schrader , Harold W. Otto
pp17-18, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p17
Abstract
Several fungicides tested controlled the disease, but growers should also look for tolerant tomato cultivars.
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Managing powdery mildew and rust on sunflower
by Demetrios G. Kontaxis
pp18, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p18
Abstract
Two fungicides controlled powdery mildew and one controlled rust in a field test on sunflower.
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Turfgrass performance under reduced irrigation
by Jewell L. Meyer , Victor A. Gibeault
pp19-20, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p19
Abstract
Potential water savings are greater with warm- than cool-season grasses.
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Verticillium wilt of pistachio
by Lee J. Ashworth , David P. Morgan , Earl Surber
pp21-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p21
Abstract
Proper nutrition reduces infection in low-inoculum soils and improves yields
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Root-knot nematode resistance in processing tomatoes
by Philip A. Roberts , Donald May , William C. Matthews
pp24-26, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p24
Abstract
Cultivars with the Mi gene for resistance showed excellent tolerance of root-knot nematode injury
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Evaluation of low-flow sprinklers
by Steven E. C. Post , Donald E. Peck , Robert A. Brendler , Nicholas J. Sakovich , Lee Waddle
pp27-29, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p27
Abstract
Tests with catch cans indicated the geometric arrangement and method analysis closest to “true” uniformity.
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The variegated leafhopper, an increasing pest of grapes
by William H. Settle , Lloyd T. Wilson , Donald L. Flaherty , Greg M. English-Loeb
pp30-32, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p30
Abstract
More serious than the grape leafhopper
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Plant science research
by Lowell N. Lewis
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v040n07p2
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