College of Agriculture
1996 Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report

The University of Arizona
College of Agriculture

Vice Provost and Dean
Eugene G. Sander

Vice Dean
Director, Agricultural Experiment Station
Colin Kaltenbach

Associate Dean
Director of Cooperative Extension
Jim Christenson

Associate Dean
Director of Academic Programs
David Cox

The College of Agriculture includes the School of Family and Consumer Resources, the School of Renewable Natural Resources, the Office of Arid Lands Studies, the Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension, and the Office of Academic Programs.

The College is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action employer.

1996 Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report

Produced by
Agricultural Communications Systems

Editor
Susan McGinley

Publications Coordinator
Robert Casler

Writers
Susan McGinley, Crystal Renfrow, Joanne Littlefield

Director, ACS
Roger Huber

The Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station Research Report is a publication of The University of Arizona College of Agriculture.

Information in this report becomes public property upon publication and may be reprinted, provided no commercial endorsement is implied. Please credit authors, photographers, the publication and The University of Arizona. Any products, services or organizations mentioned, shown or indirectly implied in this publication do not imply endorsement by the University.

Table of Contents:

• Borrowing from Mother Nature

• Is It Really "In the Genes"?

• High-End Produce

• Stopping a Killer Before It Starts

• IGRs Bring Relief in the War against the Whitefly

• There's a New Breed Coming to Town

• Transgenic Cotton

• Brian Larkins Elected to the National Academy of Sciences

• Safford Agricultural Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary

• The V Bar V Ranch

• Lettuce and Lemons

• Wildlife in the City

• Retooling the Industry Sizing Standard

• Looking Through a New Market Window

• Zipper Membranes

• Sharing Rivers, Sharing Opinions

• News in Brief