Insects on baby lima beans: Control experiment using two applications of 5% DDT dust reduced insect injury and increased total yield

Middlekauff, W

Insects on baby lima beans: Control experiment using two applications of 5% DDT dust reduced insect injury and increased total yield

Author

Woodrow W. Middlekauff

Author Affiliations

Woodrow W. Middlekaufff is Assistant Prolessor of Entomology, University of California College of Agriculture, Berkeley.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 6(4):7-14. DOI:10.3733/ca.v006n04p7. April 1952.

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Abstract

One half of one per cent of the baby lima beans from a field dusted with DDT showed insect damage—compared to 12% in the check plot—following a control experiment during the 1951 season.

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