Beneficials and insecticides in citrus thrips management
Tom S. Bellows, Department of Entomology, University of California
Joseph G. Morse, Department of Entomology, University of California
Demetrious G. Hadjidemetriou, Department of Entomology, University of California
Yutaka Iwata, Department of Entomology, University of California
Carol Richardson, Department of Entomology, University of California
California Agriculture 39(7):6-7. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v039n07p6.
Tom S. Bellows is Assistant Professors of Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside; Joseph G. Morse is Assistant Professors of Entomology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside; Demetrious G. Hadjidemetriou is Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside; Yutaka Iwata is an Associate Research Chemist, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside; Carol Richardson is a Laboratory Assistant, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside;
Varying residual effects of citrus thrips pesticides could be important in management programs using biological controls.
The authors thank James A. McMurtry, Horace G. Johnson, Jr., and Stanley C. Warner (UC Riverside) and Harry Griffiths and Joe Barcinas (consulting entomologists, Corona) for helpful discussion; Corona Foothill Lemon Co. for providing access to field plots; and Associates Insectary (Santa Paula) for providing Cryptolaemus montrouzieri. This study was supported in part by the California Citrus Research Board, the University of California Appropriate Technology Program, and the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna.