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peer-reviewed research article

A new look at curly top disease

authors

Andrew C. Magyarosy, University of California, Berkeley.

publication information

California Agriculture 32(9):13-13. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v032n09p13. September 1978.

abstract

Despite rangeland spraying, use of systemic insecticides at planting of sugarbeets, new cultural methods, and resistant sugarbeet varieties, curly top continues to take its annual economic toll.Despite years of research to develop better methods of prevention and control, curly top disease continues to take a high economic toll in tomato and sugarbeet industries.

author affiliations

Andrew C. Magyarosy is Plant Pathologist (Associate Specialist) at the University of California, Berkeley.

author notes

This work was partially supported by the Curly Top Virus Control Program.