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research article

Control of stink bug on pears: Eradication of host plants in and near orchard and spring application of ground cover spray prove effective

authors

Arthur D. Borden, University of California College of Agriculture
Harold F. Madsen, University of California College of Agriculture

publication information

California Agriculture 7(2):8-8. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v007n02p8. February 1953.

author affiliations

Arthur D. Borden is Entomologist, University of California College of Agriculture, Berkeley; Harold F. Madsen is Assistant Entomologist, University of California College of Agriculture, Berkeley;

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

Field research and biological studies in die control of the consperse stink bug— Euschistus conspersus Uhler—attacking pears and other deciduous fruits showed the importance of host plant eradication and a spring ground cover spray.