April - June 2008 California Agriculture Table of Contents

April - June 2008 California Agriculture Table of Contents

COVER: Methods for controlling the light brown apple moth — a pest insect from Australia that was discovered in California last year — include mating disruption, insect growth regulators, and natural parasites and predators. Found in Santa Cruz County, this larva has a white oval on the right side of its head that is a parasitic tachinid fly’s egg. Photo: Jack Kelly Clark

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Issue date: Apr. - June 2008

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News

Editorial
UC agriculture programs: Investing in California’s future
by Robert C. Dynes

Letters
Impacts of research, and Cal Ag
Public access to UC Giannini libraries
Sustainable includes ignition-proof
Winter gardens

Outreach news
Cooperative conservation could save tricolored blackbirds

Research news
Plans to control light brown apple moth stir controversy

News releases

Current

Research and reviews

Light brown apple moth’s arrival in California worries commodity groups
Varela et al.
The Australian moth was confirmed in California in March 2007, the first time in the continental United States; its hosts include crops, native plants and ornamentals.
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Methyl bromide alternatives evaluated for California strawberry nurseries
Fennimore et al.
Strawberry runner plants grown on soil treated with alternative fumigants produced well in high- and low-elevation nurseries.
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Food safety and environmental quality impose conflicting demands on Central Coast growers
Beretti and Stuart
A survey finds that food safety concerns are forcing some row-crop growers to roll back habitat enhancement and water quality practices.
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Transition to conservation tillage evaluated in San Joaquin Valley cotton and tomato rotations
Mitchell et al.
In a 4-year field trial, tomato yields were maintained or improved, while cotton yields and dust production were lower.
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