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research article

Vinegar fly in tomato fields: Series of experimental tests indicates solution of control problem may be in field treatments

authors

A. E. Michelbacher, University of California
O. G. Bacon, University of California
W. W. Middlekauff, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 7(6):10-10. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v007n06p10. June 1953.

author affiliations

A. E. Michelbacher is Associate Professor of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley; O. G. Bacon is Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley; W. W. Middlekauff is Assistant Professor of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley;

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

DDT and dieldrin have shown the most promise in experiments to control the vinegar fly—Drosophila melanogaster Meig.—on tomatoes. However, field investigations with insecticides have not progressed to a point where treatment recommendations can be made.


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