Whitefly invasion in Imperial Valley costs growers, workers millions in losses

Two years of sweetpotato whitefly infestations in Imperial County have resulted in huge losses to growers of melons and Cole crops and in high unemployment among farmworkers. The economic impact on the county is analyzed here.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Refugio Gonzalez, George Goldman, Eric Natwick, Howard Rosenberg, James Grieshop, Stephen Sutter, Tad Funakoshi, Socorro Davila-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1992-09-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v046n05p7