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

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

doi:10.3733/ca.v046n05p7

California Agriculture (Sep 1992)

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

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

Affiliations

Refugio Gonzalez: R. A. Gonzalez is County Cooperative Extension Director, Imperial County
George Goldman: G. E. Goldman is Cooperative Extension Economist, UC Berkeley
Eric Natwick: E. T. Natwick is Farm Advisor, Imperial County
Howard Rosenberg: Howard R. Rosenberg is Cooperative Extension Labor Management Specialist, UC Berkeley
James Grieshop
Stephen Sutter: S. R. Sutter is Area Farm Advisor in Fresno, Kings, and Madera counties
Tad Funakoshi: T. Funakoshi is the Research Manager of JSIAG Data Group, Employment Development Department, Sacramento
Socorro Davila-Garcia: S. Davila-Garcia is the Research Analyst, for the Special program Data Group, Employment Development Department, Sacramento.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.v046n05p7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 46, no. 5
pp. 7 – 8

Abstract

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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.

Published in California Agriculture

ISSN: 0008-0845 (Print); 2160-8091 (Online)
Publisher: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Agriculture
Website: https://californiaagriculture.org/

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