LIST OF TABLES 

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1 Gultiiral practices for vegetable crops grouped in three 

 management levels and grown in four cropping patterns at 

 Gainesville, FL, 1 977-79. 29 



2 Average fertilizer, pesticide, cultural labor, and 

 hairvest costs for high, medium, and low management 

 vegetable crops in Florida, I973-I977. 30 



3 Crop dirration and interval between crops in four vegetable 

 cropping patterns over two cropping cycles in the period 

 1977-79, Gainesville, FL. 36 



4 Marketable yields of vegetable crops in four cropping 

 patterns at Gainesville, FL. 37 



5 Production costs and returns to management of vegetable 

 crops in four cropping patterns over two cropping cycles 



in the period 1977-79, Gainesville, FL. 41 



6 Returns to fertilizer, cash, labor, and management of 

 vegetable crops in four cropping patterns over two crop- 

 ping cycles in the period 1977-79, Gainesville, FL. 42 



7 Nitrogen and potassium levels for low, medium, and high 

 management crops, Gainesville, FL, 1977 -79« 50 



8 Soil pH after harvest of each crop as influenced by crop 

 and fertilizer mai^agement levels over two cropping cycles 



in the period 1977-79, Gainesville, FL. 56 



9 Soil organic matter content after harvesx of each crop 

 as influenced by crop and fertilizer management levels 



over two cropping cycles in the period 1977-79, Gainesville, 

 FL.. 57 



10 Marketable yields of component vegetable crops in four 

 cropping patterns as influenced by crop and fertilizer 

 management levels over two cropping cycles in the period 

 1977-79, Gainesville, FL. 62 



11. Production costs of four vegetable cropping patterns as 

 influenced by crop and fertilizer management levels over 

 two cropping cycles in the period 1977-79, Gainesville, 

 FL . 66 



12 Gross and net incomes of four vegetable cropping patterns 

 as influenced by crop and fertilizer management levels over 

 two cropping cycles in the period 1977-79, Gainesville, FL. 67 



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