March-April 1994

Cover: With competition rising, some dairies are using specialized labor as a management technique.

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California Agriculture, March-April 1994

Volume 48, Number 2
Dairy competition mounts

peer-reviewed research articles

For wages and benefits, bigger dairies may be better
by Barbara Reed
pp9-13, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p9
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Supplemented native range and subclover pastures improve lambing rates
by Martin R. Dally , Milton B. Jones , Edward J. DePeters
pp14-17, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p14
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Temperature affects lesser mealworm populations in turkey brooder houses
by John C. Voris , Jeffery A. Meyer , Ralph Pfost , Rornney Woodbury
pp18-21, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p18
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Ethephon sprays eliminate the messy, hazardous fruits of flowering pear and liquidambar
by Ed Perry , Allen Lagarbo
pp21-24, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p21
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Herbicide program can control kikuyugrass in cool-season turf
by David W. Cudney , James A. Downer , Victor A. Gibeault , J. Michael Henry , Clyde L. Elmore , John S. Reints
pp24-28, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p24
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Tomatoes respond to simple drip irrigation schedule and moderate nitrogen inputs
by Timothy K. Hartz , Michelle LeStrange , Donald M. May
pp28-31, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p28
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New celery disease appears in California
by Steven T. Koike , Elizabeth L. Little , Andrew L. Bishop , Robert L. Gilbertson
pp32-34, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p32
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Predatory beetle may suppress silverleaf whitefly
by Kevin M. Heinz , James R. Brazzle , Charles H. Pickett , Eric T. Natwick , Judy M. Nelson , Michael P. Parrella
pp35-40, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p35
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: Toward 2010: Division must lead UC push for public service
by Henry J. Vaux
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p2
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Readers spur change at California Agriculture
Editors
pp4, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p4
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Progress report: High tech meets high touch
Editors
pp5, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p5
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Research update: Africanized Bees: Ready or not, here they come
Editors
pp6, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p6
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Dairy industry scrutinizes rBST
Editors
pp7-8, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p7
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Science Briefs
Editors
pp8, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p8
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Mystery disease spotted in vineyards
Editors
pp8, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p8a
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Barley engineered
Editors
pp8, doi#10.3733/ca.v048n02p8b
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