The grape mealybug: A dormant season parathion spray reduced infestation to 1% at harvest

Jensen, F; Stafford, E; Break, R

The grape mealybug: A dormant season parathion spray reduced infestation to 1% at harvest

Authors

Fred Jensen
E. M. Stafford
R. A. Break

Authors Affiliations

Fred Jensen is Farm Advisor, Tulare County, University of California; E. M. Stafford is Associate Professor of Entomology, University of California, Davis; R. A. Break was Farm Advisor, Fresno County, University of California, when the above reported studies were made.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 8(3):11-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v008n03p11. March 1954.

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Abstract

Parathion sprays applied to field plots–in Tulare and Fresno counties– during the dormant season controlled grape mealybug in 1953 better than any other material tested, and confirmed results of trials in 1952.

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