Cantaloupe mosaic insect vectors of virus disease resist insecticides in field tests

Dickson, R; Swift, J; Anderson, L; Middleton, J

Cantaloupe mosaic insect vectors of virus disease resist insecticides in field tests

Authors

R. C. Dickson
J. E. Swift
L. D. Anderson
John T. Middleton

Authors Affiliations

R. C. Dickson is Assistant Entomologist in the Experiment Station, Riverside; J. E. Swift is Farm Advisor, Imperial County; L. D. Anderson is Associate Entomologist in the Experiment Station, Riverside; John T. Middleton is Associate Plant Pathologist in the Experiment Station, Riverside.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 4(5):9-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v004n05p9. May 1950.

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Abstract

Cantaloupe mosaic—a virus disease-has cut the production of early-summer melons in the desert valleys of southern California, particularly in the Imperial Valley.

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