Vol. 20, Issue 11, 1966

Limited trials with Promone, a progesterone-like hormone, showed considerable promise for increasing weight gains and feed efficiency of heifers in the feedlot. The trial reported here tested the feedlot performance...

Tests reported here indicate that mechanical clipping of tomato plants may be used satisfactorily to spread harvest dates and obtain plant uniformity. The delay in harvest may be 7 to...

THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY Drainage Project resulted from a request made of the Agricultural Extension Service at a county planning meeting held in 1964. The project involved the cooperation of...

THOMPSON SEEDLESS GRAPES must bethinned to allow production of loose clusters of well-developed berries. In recent years, the usual shatter-stage thinning has become a major labor-consuming operation for the grower....

New systems for greenhouse management have been introduced in recent years that necessitate changes in some of the traditional methods of growing greenhouse crops. Evaporative cooling. infra-red heating, elevated levels...

Following A change in the water supply used for irrigation and misting–from a shallow well (400 ft) to a deeper well (800 ft)–a large California chrysanthemum producer experienced extreme difficulty...

Rhizopus soft rot, a serious breakdown problem in sweet potatoes during marketing, can be substantially reduced by use of the fungicides Botran or SOPP, when treatment is accompanied by proper...