Management strategies outlined: Research reveals pattern of cucurbit virus spread
Authors
Matthew J. BluaCharles A. Farrar
Thomas M. Perring
Keith Mayberry
Authors Affiliations
M. J. Blua is Associate Professor, Staff Research Associate, and Graduate Research Assistant, respectively, in the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside; C. A. Farrar is Associate Professor, Staff Research Associate, and Graduate Research Assistant, respectively, in the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside; T. M. Perring is Associate Professor, Staff Research Associate, and Graduate Research Assistant, respectively, in the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside; K. Mayberry is the Vegetable Farm Advisor, Cooperative Extension, Imperial County.Publication Information
Hilgardia 46(2):35-40. DOI:10.3733/ca.v046n02p35. March 1992.
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Abstract
Diseases caused by aphid-vectored viruses result in severe economic loss to Southern California melon growers. Information gathered over the past several years has given researchers new directions for managing this production problem.
Blua M, Farrar C, Perring T, Mayberry K. 1992. Management strategies outlined: Research reveals pattern of cucurbit virus spread. Hilgardia 46(2):35-40. DOI:10.3733/ca.v046n02p35
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