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peer-reviewed research article

Imported parasite may help control European asparagus aphid

authors

Kent M. Daane, Division of Biological Control at Kearney Agricultural Center
Glenn Yokota, Division of Biological Control at Kearney Agricultural Center
Richard F. Gill, Division of Biological Control at Kearney Agricultural Center
Leopoldo E. Caltagirone, Division of Biological Control, UC Berkeley
Kenneth S. Hagen, Division of Biological Control, UC Berkeley
Dan Gonzalez, UC Riverside
Petr Stary, Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences
William E. Chaney, Emeritus, Monterey County

publication information

California Agriculture 46(6):12-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v046n06p12. November-December 1992.

Summary

Tests indicate that Trioxys brevicornis, a natural enemy of European asparagus aphid acquired from Czechoslovakia, is well suited to California growing conditions.

author affiliations

K. M. Duane is Assistant Specialist is Research Associates, Division of Biological Control at Kearney Agricultural Center; G. Y. Yokota is Research Associates, Division of Biological Control at Kearney Agricultural Center; R. F. Gill is Research Associates, Division of Biological Control at Kearney Agricultural Center; L. E. Caltagirone is Professor, Division of Biological Control, UC Berkeley; K. S. Hagen is Professor Emeritus, Division of Biological Control, UC Berkeley; D. Gonzalez is Entomologist, UC Riverside; P. Stay is Entomologist, Czechoslovakia Academy of Sciences; W. E. Chaney is Farm Advisor, Monterey County.

author notes

The authors thank Dennis Meals and John Andrews, Division of Biological Control, UC Berkeley; Bill Rousch, California State University, Fresno; and the California State University, Fresno, and the Knoll, Lovett, Maitre, McNabb, Vera, and Wysinger farms for use of their asparagus fields.


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