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Corn earworm in grain sorghum phosdrin and thiodan: Show promise as substitutes for DDT in two experiments with aerial applications to infested fields

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Oscar G. Bacon , University of California, Davis.
Raymond Miskus, University of California, Berkeley.
Morton D. Morse, University of California.
Robert L. Sailsbery, University of California.

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California Agriculture 13(8):12-13.

Published August 01, 1959

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Damage to grain sorghum by the corn earworm–Heliothis zea (Boddie) –has been especially severe in Butte and Glenn counties. Certain fields examined in 1957 and 1958 showed 90%-99% of the heads to be infested. Usually 1–4 larvae per head were found although some heads had 10-16 larvae.

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W. D. Riley, Principal Laboratory Technician in Entomology, University of California, Davis, cooperated in the studies reported here.

Corn earworm in grain sorghum phosdrin and thiodan: Show promise as substitutes for DDT in two experiments with aerial applications to infested fields

Oscar G. Bacon, Raymond Miskus, Morton D. Morse, Robert L. Sailsbery
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Corn earworm in grain sorghum phosdrin and thiodan: Show promise as substitutes for DDT in two experiments with aerial applications to infested fields

California Agriculture > Volume 13 > Number 8  > research article 

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< Previous | Table of Contents | Next >

Share using any of the popular social networks Share by sending an email Print article
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Authors

Oscar G. Bacon , University of California, Davis.
Raymond Miskus, University of California, Berkeley.
Morton D. Morse, University of California.
Robert L. Sailsbery, University of California.

Publication Information

California Agriculture 13(8):12-13.

Published August 01, 1959

PDF  |  Citation  |  Permissions

Author Affiliations show

Abstract

Damage to grain sorghum by the corn earworm–Heliothis zea (Boddie) –has been especially severe in Butte and Glenn counties. Certain fields examined in 1957 and 1958 showed 90%-99% of the heads to be infested. Usually 1–4 larvae per head were found although some heads had 10-16 larvae.

Full text

Full text is available in PDF.

Author notes

W. D. Riley, Principal Laboratory Technician in Entomology, University of California, Davis, cooperated in the studies reported here.

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