The southern green stink bug, new to California, has joined other species as a pest of processing tomatoes. With a wide host range, it is a potentially serious pest on other crops.
Confusing the male Oriental fruit moth by flooding peach orchards with the female's pheromone provided excellent control of the insect and may be an alternative to conventional insecticide use.
Projections of the lemon cycle indicate that average total revenue per acre in 1998–99 will drop to the same level seen in 1984–85, if growers continue to respond as they have in the past.
Two currently registered fungicides controlled common leafspot. Other materials tested showed promise.
Misting also decreased losses in milk yield, reduced cow mortality after calving, and improved reproduction.
Large responses to sulfur can occur when nitrogen is applied to many California rangeland soils. Giving lambs selenium in pellet form significantly improved gain on such pastures.
A study of a group of tomato pickers suggests that a work-sample test could be useful in choosing harvest workers.
Groundwater may represent only a fraction of one percent of the river's total annual flow.
Even a slight deficiency can be costly. A single application of potash fertilizer can correct the deficiency for three to four years.
The fly has developed surprisingly little resistance to the insecticides most commonly used to control it.