May-June 1993

Cover: The beautiful curving lines of Sacramento Valey rice paddies – shown in this 1975 rice harvest photograph – are disappearing today as laser planing technology makes it possible to level fields with great precision. Photo by Jack Kelly Clark

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California Agriculture, May-June 1993

Volume 47, Number 3
Rice industry simmers: market challenges, resource constraints

peer-reviewed research articles

California's rice crop: market challenges, resource constraints
by Elmer W. Learn
pp5-7, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p5
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Native Americans in California surveyed on diets, nutrition needs
by Joanne Ikeda , Sharon Dugan , Nancy Feldman , Rita Mitchell
pp8-10, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p8
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Sycamore scale treatments most effective at bud break
by Pavel Svihra , C. F. Fouche , C. S. Koehler
pp10-12, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p10
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Codling moth, navel orangeworm studies show knowing location of pests in walnuts should help disrupt mating, egg laying
by G. Steven Sibbett , Donald L. Flaherty , Kathleen M. Kelley , Richard E. Rice , John E. Dibble
pp13-15, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p13
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In outdoor planters in commercial centers… Insect-parasitic nematodes are effective against black vine weevil
by Tom M. Burlando , Harry K. Kaya , Patricia Timper
pp16-18, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p16
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Uniformity in pressurized irrigation systems depends on design, installation
by Gordon E. Little , David J. Hills , Blaine R. Hanson
pp18-21, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p18
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Crop response to sewage sludge compost: a preliminary report
by Robert F. Bevacqua , Valerie J. Mellano
pp22-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p22
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Cupric-oxide needles effective as oral copper supplement in cattle
by John R. Dunbar , James G. Morris , Ben B. Norman , A. J. Jenkins , Charles B. Wilson , John M. Connor
pp25-26, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p25
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Almond hulls in swine diet reduce body fat
by Josep M. Homedes , Eugeni Roura , Nancy L. Keim , Dan L. Brown
pp27-28, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p27
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From dried beet pulp to rice hulls: Rumen digestion of various dairy feedstuffs compared in tests
by Thomas A. Shultz , Carol A. Collar , Donald L. Bath , Abbas Ahmadi
pp29-31, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p29
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: UC research and education: engines of economic growth
by Kenneth R. Farrell
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v047n03p2
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