Sunflower resistance to the sunflower moth

Beard, B; Carlson, E; Waiss, A; Elliger, C; Klislewfcz, J; Johnson, A; Chan, B

Sunflower resistance to the sunflower moth

Authors

Benjamin H. Beard
Elmer C. Carlson
Anthony C. Waiss
Carl Elliger
John M. Klislewfcz
Alan Johnson
Bock Chan

Authors Affiliations

Benjamin H. Beard is Research Geneticist and Research Leader, Oilseed and Industrial Crops Production, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Lecturer, Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis; Elmer C. Carlson is Specialist, Department of Entomology, U C Davis; Anthony C. Waiss, Jr. is Supervisory Research Chemist, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Berkeley; Carl Elliger is Research Chemist, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Berkeley; John M. Klisiewicz is Research Plant Pathologist, Oilseed and Industrial Crops Production, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Plant Pathology Department, U C Davis; Alan Johnson is former Graduate Research Assistant, Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis; now Research Director, Kamprath Seed Co., Bakersfield; Bock Chan is Plant Physiologist, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Berkeley.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 31(11):17-19. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n11p17. November 1977.

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Abstract

The sunflower moth (Homoeosoma electellum Hulst.) will probably never be put on the endangered species list, but many California farmers would iike to see it as extinct as the dinosaurs because of the damage it does to the sunflower crop. This pest has also caused extensive damage to sunflower in Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Texas, Minnesota, North Dakota, and in parts of Canada

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