2008 - 38th California Alfalfa Symposium

Event Date

Location
San Diego, California

2008 2-4 December
38th California Alfalfa & Forage Symposium and Western Alfalfa Seed Conference
San Diego, California
University of California Cooperative Extension,
Department of Plant Sciences,
University of California, Davis, CA 95616

Proceedings

Year-PG

Article Title

Author(s)

08-01

Hay Market Trends in California

Seth Hoyt

08-07

Dairy Situation and Outlook 2008

Eric Erba

08-15

The Changing Nature of Dairy Rations and How it Affects Forage Demand

Jerry Higginbotham

08-27

Producing Quality Alfalfa Seed for the Forage Industry

Shannon Mueller

08-37

State of the Seed Industry

Mark McCaslin

08-39

Regulatory Review of Roundup Ready Alfalfa

Virgil Meier

08-41

Alfalfa Weed Control in the Low Deserts - 40 Years of Discovery and Innovation

Barry Tickes

08-47

Summer Annual Grass Control – What are the Strategies?

Mick Canevari

08-51

Plant Poisonings in Livestock

Birgit Puschner

08-55

Alfalfa Weevils: A New Look at an Old Pest

Larry Godfrey

08-59

Alfalfa Nematodes: What can be done?

Becky Westerdahl

08-67

Controlling the Worm Complex in Alfalfa

Eric Natwick

08-77

An Economic Threshold for Thrips in California Timothy

Dominic Reisig

08-91

Irrigation Management for Alfalfa Hay Production on Beds

Dean Currie

08-95

Irrigation Scheduling of Alfalfa Using Evapotranspiration

Rick Snyder

08-103

Salinity Tolerance and Management for Alfalfa

Blake Sanden

08-115

Shallow Groundwater Use by Alfalfa

Jim Ayars

08-131

Phosphorus Runoff Management for Alfalfa in Desert Regions

Khaled Bali

08-141

Flood vs. Pivot Irrigation for Forage Crops. What are the Advantages and Disadvantages?

Paul Brown

08-151

Strip-Tillage in California's Central Valley Forage Production Systems

Jeff Mitchell

08-159

Using Dairy Manure as a Nitrogen Fertilizer for Forage Crops

Marsha C. Mathews

08-167

Stewardship Practices that Facilitate Coexistence when Producing Alfalfa Seed Including GM Traits

Mike Moore

08-173

Lygus Bug Management in Seed Alfalfa

Eric Natwick

08-183

Arthropod Pest Management on Alfalfa Seed 2008

Doug Walsh

08-201

Weed Management Research in Alfalfa Seed Production in Washington State

Rick Boydston

08-209

Agricultural Research Service and Bee Lab Update

Rosalind James

08-211

Chalkbrood Control in the Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee

Rosalind James

08-217

Future Trends in Corn Genetics and Biotechnology

Bill Curran

08-223

Forage Sorghum and Silage Corn: Yield, Quality and Water

Brent Bean

08-225

Sudangrass Quality and Yield Traits: What to Look For

Juan Guerrero

08-229

Teff as an Alternative Summer Forage

Don Miller

08-235

What's New in Forage Equipment?

Dan Undersander

08-241

An Analysis of Alfalfa Harvesting Costs: Implications for Custom Harvest Charges

Karen Klonsky

08-247

Switchgrass and Alfalfa as Cellulosic Biofuels: Possibilities and Limits

Dan Putnam

08-259

Growing Crops for Biofuels: Implications for Water Resources

Mike Ottman

08-265

How Much Water does Alfalfa Really Need?

Blaine Hanson

08-271

What in the World? A Global Fertilizer Perspective

Rob Mikkelsen

08-275

Maximizing Fertilizer Efficiency through Tissue Testing and Improved Application Methods

Steve Orloff

08-285

The Security of Food Production: What does the Future Hold?

Bryan McDonald