Field experiments on the control of the melon fly, Dacus cucurbitae

Walter Ebeling, T. Nishida and H. A. Bess

Hilgardia, 1953, vol. 21, issue 17

Abstract: In contrast, treating a one- or two-row border of corn planted around the crop field with high concentrations of insecticide once a week (twice a week if it rained) was effective in protecting cucumbers, watermelons, and tomatoes. Treating near-by wild vegetation increased the effectiveness. The insecticides successfully used were DDT, methoxychlor, aldrin, dieldrin, EPN, and parathion wettable powders. The field tests furnished no basis for a comparison of their relative effectiveness.

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Date: 1953
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