Garden centipede: Summer flooding has advantages in controlling pest in asparagus fields

Michelbacher, A; Bacon, O; Underhill, J

Garden centipede: Summer flooding has advantages in controlling pest in asparagus fields

Authors

A. E. Michelbacher
O. G. Bacon
John Underhill

Authors Affiliations

A. E. Michelbacher is Associate Professor of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley; O. G. Bacon is Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley; John Underhill is Farm Advisor, San Joaquin County, University of California.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 7(8):5-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v007n08p5. August 1953.

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Abstract

The garden centipede,Scutigerella immaculate (Newp.)—a white organism about ¼? long which lives in the soil—is difficult to control with chemicals.

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