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Farmworkers who are displaced by mechanization enjoy few legislative or private contract rights to adjustment assistance. Farmworkers and society would both be better off if programs were developed that reduce the hardship accompanying inevitable displacement.

Because bracken fern produces phytotoxins that disturb the normal development of other plants, insects, and animals, the chemicals that control it are particularly important.

New measuring techniques have enabled researchers to accurately estimate the amount of N to apply to achieve maximum sugar yield.

Because the orangeworm-infested almond is not penetrable by most insecticides, a better solution to NOW infestation might be a biological control method. application of an entomophagous nematode.

Walnut kernel quality deteriorates if harvest is delayed. Ethephon, applied to advance harvest, was not found to accelerate this process.

At almost any stage of the handling process, lettuce may be exposed to ethylene gas, trace amounts of which can cause russet spotting.

When applied as a bed sprag to weevil-infested strawberry plants after fall and winter picking, Furadan greatlg reduced populations of woods and cribrate weevils.

Trials conducted in 1976 and 1977 showed that various fungicides, when used on cloves before planting, increased stand and yield of garlic.