Strip-treatment with chemicals: Satisfactory commercial control achieved in orange orchard program designed to conserve natural enemies of citrus pests
Authors
Paul DeBachJohn Landi
Authors Affiliations
Paul DeBach is Entomologist in Biological Control, University of California, Riverside; John Landi is Laboratory Technician in Biological Control, University of California, Riverside.Publication Information
Hilgardia 13(8):14-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n08p14. August 1959.
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Abstract
Based on results of an eight-year study, a 12-month alternation strip-treatment seems to be a feasible control program throughout Orange County areas where purple scale–Lepidosaphes beckii (Newm.)–is the primary pest on oranges.
DeBach P, Landi J. 1959. Strip-treatment with chemicals: Satisfactory commercial control achieved in orange orchard program designed to conserve natural enemies of citrus pests. Hilgardia 13(8):14-15. DOI:10.3733/ca.v013n08p14
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