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Whitefly invasion in Imperial Valley costs growers, workers millions in losses
Authors
Tad FunakoshiSocorro Davila-Garcia
George E. Goldman
Refugio A. Gonzalez
James I. Grieshop
Eric T. Natwick
Howard R. Rosenberg
Stephen R. Sutter
Authors Affiliations
T. Funakoshi is the Research Manager of JSIAG Data Group, Employment Development Department, Sacramento; S. Davila-Garcia is the Research Analyst, for the Special program Data Group, Employment Development Department, Sacramento; G. E. Goldman is Cooperative Extension Economist, UC Berkeley; R. A. Gonzalez is County Cooperative Extension Director, Imperial County; E. T. Natwick is Farm Advisor, Imperial County; Howard R. Rosenberg is Cooperative Extension Labor Management Specialist, UC Berkeley; S. R. Sutter is Area Farm Advisor in Fresno, Kings, and Madera counties.Publication Information
Hilgardia 46(5):7-8. DOI:10.3733/ca.v046n05p7. September 1992.
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Abstract
Two years of sweetpotato whitefly infestations in Imperial County have resulted in huge losses to growers of melons and Cole crops and in high unemployment among farmworkers. The economic impact on the county is analyzed here.
Funakoshi T, Davila-Garcia S, Goldman G, Gonzalez R, Grieshop J, Natwick E, Rosenberg H, Sutter S. 1992. Whitefly invasion in Imperial Valley costs growers, workers millions in losses. Hilgardia 46(5):7-8. DOI:10.3733/ca.v046n05p7
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