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

oleh: Refugio Gonzalez, George Goldman, Eric Natwick, Howard Rosenberg, James Grieshop, Stephen Sutter, Tad Funakoshi, Socorro Davila-Garcia

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1992-09-01

Deskripsi

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.