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Alfalfa caterpillar control: Treatment of fields by airplane application of spray advances destruction of pest
Authors
Clarence G. ThompsonEdward A. Steinhaus
Authors Affiliations
Clarence G. Thompson is Junior Insect Pathologist in the Experiment Station, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 4(5):8-16. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n05p8. May 1950.
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Abstract
Populations of the alfalfa caterpillar can be reduced successfully by airplane application of the polyhedra virus, spreading an epidemic of wilt disease— polyhedrosis—among the pest.
Thompson C, Steinhaus E. 1950. Alfalfa caterpillar control: Treatment of fields by airplane application of spray advances destruction of pest. Hilgardia 4(5):8-16. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n05p8
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