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Fall 2008 - Vol. 9/No. 1
Articles:
Grower panel: How local farmers cope with soaring energy costs
(from page 1)Cover crops and conservation tillage increase mycorrhizal colonization of corn and tomato roots
(from page 3)
Welcome to the Russell Ranch/SAFS Project, Fall 2008, Vol. 9/No. 1 newsletter, which presents research results from the UC Davis Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility. The articles here continue our efforts to provide information on sustainable research and management practices for California growers. The research described is based on experiments with the Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS) project, which is funded through 2009 by CalFed.
—Will Horwath, project leader
- Principal Investigators
Crop Ecology Louise Jackson Crop Production Steve Temple Economics Karen Klonsky Entomology Frank Zalom Hydrology Wes Wallender Nematology Howard Ferris Plant Pathology Lynn Epstein Soil Microbiology Kate Scow, Deputy Director ASI Soil Fertility Will Horwath Soil & Water Relations Jeff Mitchell Weed Ecology Tom Lanini - Technical Staff
Research Manager Martin Burger Technical & Facilities Supervisor Dennis Bryant, Crop Production Manager Principal Agricultural
Technician SupervisorIsrael Herrera Project Technicians Brittany Smith - Technical Advisors
UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors,
Yolo & Solano countiesGene Miyao, Kent Brittan - Growers
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Jim Durst, Frank Muller, Scott Park, Bruce Rominger,
Ed Sills, Tony Turkovich
- UC Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Program (SAREP) Cooperating Outreach Staff
Publications Editor Lyra Halprin Web Development James Cannon
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