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Nematicides improve sugar beet yields
Authors
Demetrios G. KontaxisWill Crites
Harold Lembright
Ivan J. Thomason
Robert W. Hagemann
Authors Affiliations
Demetrios G. Kontaxis is Farm Advisor (Plant Pathology-Nematology), Cooperative Extension, Imperial County (Court House, El Centro, California 92243); Will Crites is Market/Development Specialist, Agricultural Chemicals, Shell Chemical Company, Walnut Creek, California; Harold Lembright is Field Research and Development Specialist, Dow Chemical Company, Walnut Creek; Ivan J. Thomason is Assistant Director of Cooperative Extension and Professor, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside; Robert W. Hagemann is Farm Advisor (Agronomy), Cooperative Extension, Imperial County.Publication Information
Hilgardia 31(4):10-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n04p10. April 1977.
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Abstract
Nematicides dramatically increased yields but not enough to justify costs at current sugar prices.
Kontaxis D, Crites W, Lembright H, Thomason I, Hagemann R. 1977. Nematicides improve sugar beet yields. Hilgardia 31(4):10-11. DOI:10.3733/ca.v031n04p10
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