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research article

Late infection of curly top in field melons in producing areas of desert valleys

authors

R. A. Flock, University of California, Riverside.
E. F. Laird, University of California, Riverside.
R. C. Dickson, University of California, Riverside.

publication information

California Agriculture 14(2):9-9. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v014n02p9. February 1960.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Low populations of beet leafhoppers, rare incidence of curly top infection, and an almost complete absence of crown blight in the melon producing area of the Colorado desert in the spring and early summer of 1959 coincided with a good melon crop.

author affiliations

R. A. Flock is Assistant Entomologist, University of California, Riverside. E. F. Laird, Jr., is Senior Laboratory Technician in Entomology, University of California, Riverside. R. C. Dickson is Entomologist, University of California, Riverside.