Low hybrid onion seed yields relate to honey bee visits and insecticide use
Onion thrips, previously considered of minor importance to hybrid onion seed production in California, vector the newly introduced iris yellow spot virus, a serious pathogen of onions that can cause significant yield losses. Insecticide use to control onion thrips has increased in onion seed fields,...
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Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
2011-07-01
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Series: | California Agriculture |
Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v065n03p155 |