> >Whenever this sort of study comes out, I wonder (as Bob does) about
> the advocacy group behind it.


>Plus, the issue of this thread is plant growth and lower nutrients.

Thanks, Bill.  This is why I didn't want to get sidetracked by the GW debate
(although in Calif the warming trend over the past 30 years that I've lived
in one area is too great to ignore--and has changed my bee management
substantially).

As far as the advocacy groups of the research that I was citing, they were
published in California Agriculture, by UC Davis.  The researchers are
agricultural plant scientists, as far as I know not associated with any
advocacy groups other than plant agriculture.

For those with the initiative to actually read the papers in full, they can
be viewed at http://californiaagriculture.ucanr.org/  View the April/June
2009 issue.

Randy Oliver

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