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Use Of Acorns For Food In California: Past, Present, Future, David A. Bainbridge
Use Of Acorns For Food In California: Past, Present, Future, David A. Bainbridge
David A Bainbridge
Acorns are a neglected food for people, livestock, domestic fowl, and wildlife in California. Acorns are easy to collect, store, and process. In addition to the nutritious nut and meal, acorns yield an oil comparable in quality and flavor with olive oil. The existing acorn market could be greatly expanded and provide new income for rural people. A serious effort to identify and propagate the best oak acorn cultivars for these products is long overdue. It is particularly appropriate for this research to be done in California, which once had an acorn based economy.
Application Of Urea Phosphate And Urea Sulfate To Drip-Irrigated Tomatoes Grown In Calcareous Soil, Robert Mikkelsen, Wesley Jarrell
Application Of Urea Phosphate And Urea Sulfate To Drip-Irrigated Tomatoes Grown In Calcareous Soil, Robert Mikkelsen, Wesley Jarrell
Robert Mikkelsen
The potential benefit of acid applied through drip urrigation on soil nutrient availability, plant nutrition, and yield was studied. Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., cv. Better Boy) were grown in a P-deficient calcareous loam soil in 114-L plastic-lined cans. Phosphorus was added weekly through drip irrigation as urea phosphate (UP) (17-19-0) at four concentrations (0, 20, 40, 80 kg P/ha). Two other treatments entailed 40 kg P/ha soil-banded triple superphosphate (TSP) (0-20-0) with or without the addition of drip applied urea sulfate (US) (15-0-0-16). Urea sulfate was added at the rate equivalent to the titratable acidity of the 40 kg UP-P/ha …