Systemic insecticides reduce the spread of curly top virus of sugar beets

Georghiou, G; Laird, E; Van Maren, A

Systemic insecticides reduce the spread of curly top virus of sugar beets

Authors

G. P. Georghiou
E. F. Laird
A. F. Van Maren

Authors Affiliations

G. P. Georghion is Assistant Entomologist, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside; E. F. Laird, Jr., is Laboratory Technician IV, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside; A. F. van Maren is Farm Advisor, Riverside County.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 18(7):12-14. DOI:10.3733/ca.v018n07p12. July 1964.

PDF of full article, Cite this article

Abstract

Curly top virus of sugar beet, named for the severe curling and distortion it causes to the leaves of infected plants, is transmitted through the feeding activities of the beet leaf hopper (Circulifer tenellus, Baker). Because the virus can be transmitted in only a few minutes of feeding, control of the leafhopper could theoretically be achieved only by insecticides which kill faster than it takes the insect to complete a transmission feeding.

Also in this issue:

Sesame an oilseed crop with potential in California

Lateral pressure effects on… hay wafer storage structures

Development of scion roots on old home pear trunks

Stress and crowding as causes of potato defects

Cling peach irrigation

Gibberellin sprays delay lime maturity

Clover establishment in Northern California

The bud mite and the Erineum mite of grapes