January-March 2010

Cover: California has about 1 million farmworkers and farm family members, who face unique health and safety risks. Air particulate levels in the Central Valley are among the nation's highest (see page 12), and California Latinos may be at increased risk of diabetes (see page 17). (Photo of farmworkers harvesting lettuce in Five Points, Calif., by Andy Sacks.)

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California Agriculture, January-March 2010

Volume 64, Number 1
Improving health on the farm

peer-reviewed research articles

New Zealand lessons may aid efforts to control light brown apple moth in California
by Lucia G. Varela , James T.S. Walker , Peter L. Lo , David J. Rogers
pp6-12, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p6
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Airborne particles in the San Joaquin Valley may affect human health
by Mai A. Ngo , Kent E. Pinkerton , Sandra Freeland , Michael Geller , Walter Ham , Steven Cliff , Laurie E. Hopkins , Michael J. Kleeman , Urmila P. Kodavanti , Emily Meharg , Laurel Plummer , Julian J. Recendez , Marc B. Schenker , Constantinos Sioutas , Suzette Smiley-Jewell , Christine Haas , Joyce Gutstein , Anthony S. Wexler
pp12-16, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p12
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Research and outreach can lessen the overall burden of diabetes in farmworkers
by Lucia L. Kaiser , Anna C. Martin , Francene M. Steinbergy
pp17-21, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p17
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High risk of depression among low-income women raises awareness about treatment options
by Amy Block Joy , Mark Hudes
pp22-25, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p22
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Nurseries surveyed in Southern California adopt best practices for water quality
by Salvatore S. Mangiafico , Julie Newman , Maren Mochizuki , Dale Zurawski , Donald J. Merhaut , Ben Faber
pp26-30, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p26
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Pruning reduces blister rust in sugar pine with minimal effects on tree growth
by Kevin L. O'Hara , Lauren A. Grand , Amy A. Whitcomb
pp31-36, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p31
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Strawberry breeding improves genetic resistance to Verticillium wilt
by Douglas V. Shaw , Thomas R. Gordon , Kirk D. Larson , W. Douglas Gubler , John Hansen , Sharon C. Kirkpatrick
pp37-41, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p37
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Wine-grape production trends reflect evolving consumer demand over 30 years
by Richard James Volpe , Richard Green , Dale Heien , Richard Howitt
pp42-46, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p42
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editorial, news, letters & science briefs

EDITORIAL: What can we do for UC today?
by Don Klingborg , Robert Sams
pp2, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p2
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Letters: January-March 2010
From our readers
pp5, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p5a
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pp5, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p5b
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2009 Index
Editors
pp47, doi#10.3733/ca.v064n01p47
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