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Transition to conservation tillage evaluated in San Joaquin Valley cotton and tomato rotations

authors

Jeffrey P. Mitchell, UC Davis
Randal J. Southard, UC Davis
Nicholaus M. Madden, UC Davis
Karen M. Klonsky, UC Davis
Juliet B. Baker, UC Davis
Richard DeMoura, UC Davis
William R. Horwath, UC Davis
Daniel S. Munk, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County
Jonathan F. Wroble, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County
Kurt J. Hembree, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County
Wesley W. Wallender, UC Davis

publication information

California Agriculture 62(2):74-79. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v062n02p74. April-June 2008.

Summary

In a 4-year fi eld trial, tomato yields were maintained or improved, while cotton yields and dust production were lower.

author affiliations

J.P. Mitchell is Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis; R.J. Southard is Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis; N.M. Madden is Graduate Student, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis; K.M. Klonsky is Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis; J.B. Baker is Graduate Student, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis; R.L. DeMoura is Production Cost Analyst, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis; W.R. Horwath is Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis; D.S. Munk is Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County; J.F. Wroble is Cooperative Extension Field Technician, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County; K.J. Hembree is Farm Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County; W.W. Wallender is Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis.

author notes

We gratefully acknowledge the help of the California Agriculture Associate Editors and the anonymous reviewers of this manuscript, as well as staff at the UC West Side Research and Extension Center in Five Points: Ed Scott, Jaime Solorio, Rafael Solorio, Tracy Waltrip and Center Director Bob Hutmacher.


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