California Agriculture (Jul 1965)

Insect Diseases: Tested for control of cotton bollworm

  • L Falcon,
  • T Leigh,
  • R Den Bosch,
  • J Black,
  • V Burton

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 7

Abstract

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Recent field experiments indicate that commercial preparations of the nucleo-polyhedrosis virus of Heliothis zea and the bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner, offer much promise for effective and selective control of early instar bollworms on cotton.