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Black scale control: Supply of natural enemy developed by using pest a s foster host on noneconomic plants

authors

Stanley E. Flanders, Experiment Station, Davis.

publication information

California Agriculture 3(5):7-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v003n05p7. May 1949.

Summary

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Oleanders planted along the side of a citrus orchard—toward the prevailing midday winds—can serve as insectaries for the production of the African parasite, Metaphycus helvolus, a natural enemy of black scale introduced into California in 1937 by the University of California.

author affiliations

Perry T. Cupps is Assistant Professor of Animal Husbandry and Assistant Animal Husbandman in the Experiment Station, Davis.


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