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peer-reviewed research article

Supplemental chemical control for omnivorous looper on avocados

authors

J. Blair Bailey, IPM Specialist at the UC South Coast Field Sation
Kirk N. Olsen, Department of Entomology, Washington State University.

publication information

California Agriculture 44(6):8-9. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v044n06p8. November-December 1990.

abstract

Researchers tested four chemicals for omnivorous looper control in avocado orchards. Of the three that proved effective, only two are currently registered for use on bearing avocados in California.

author affiliations

J. Blair Bailey is Extension Entomologist and IPM Specialist at the UC South Coast Field Sation; Kirk N. Olsen, formerly Laboratoy and Field Assistant, UC South Coast Field Station, is now Graduate Student, Department of Entomology, Washington State University.