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research article

Garden centipede: Summer flooding has advantages in controlling pest in asparagus fields

authors

A. E. Michelbacher, University of California
O. G. Bacon, University of California
John Underhill, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 7(8):5-5. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v007n08p5. August 1953.

abstract

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The garden centipede,Scutigerella immaculate (Newp.)—a white organism about ¼″ long which lives in the soil—is difficult to control with chemicals.

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. John Underhill is Farm Advisor, San Joaquin County, University of California.