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peer-reviewed research article

Black scale now a major olive pest

authors

G. Steven Sibbett
John E. Dibble
John D. Babcock

publication information

California Agriculture 30(11):12-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v030n11p12. November 1976.

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abstract

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Black scale, Saissetia oleae (Oliver), has, until recently, been a minor pest of olive in California, and the specific chemical controls established for black scale have seldom been used. Chemical control of another scale, Parlatoria, a more serious pest of olive, resulted in some inadvertent control of black scale.