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peer-reviewed research article

Status of puncturevine weevils and their host plant in California

authors

Donald M. Maddox, University of California
Lloyd A. Andres, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 33(6):7-9. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v033n06p7. June 1979.

author affiliations

Donald M. Maddox is Research Entomologist, Biological Control of Weeds Laboratory, USDA Federal Research, Science and Education Administration, Albany, and Associate in the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley; Lloyd A. Andres is Research Entomologist, Biological Control of Weeds Laboratory, USDA Federal Research, Science and Education Administration, Albany, and Associate in the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley;

abstract

Thanks to imported biological controls, 32 counties report a decline in puncturevine.

author notes

They gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of County Agricultural Commissioners and their staffs in supplying information on current puncturevine acreages.