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The first public triticale variety to be released in the United States, Siskiyou, has high grain protein and lysine content and high yield with spring planting in the Tulelake region.

Control of root-knot nematodes in peach orchards on Lovell rootstock is one of the first examples of biological control of a plant-parasitic nematode in the field by a naturally occurring antagonist.

Claws were not consistently different in their milking characteristics based on claw volume. Vacuum for teat-end massage may not be adequate at milking speeds of 15 pounds per minute and above.

Kenaf is useful not only as a fiber source for rope, twine, and cloth, but also as a supplemental fiber source for paper. Difficulties caused by its high bulk content can be overcome by using alfalfa-cubing methods which compress the kenaf for easier storage and transportation.

Despite rangeland spraying, use of systemic insecticides at planting of sugarbeets, new cultural methods, and resistant sugarbeet varieties, curly top continues to take its annual economic toll.

Insurance-type applications of trace elements are a wasteful and unnecessary practice in the Salinas and Imperial valleys.

A complex predator population inside a good fly-tight house—coupled with careful manure and water management—can control flies in high-rise poultry houses.