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Row Cover and Low-risk Insecticide Strategy for Cucumber Beetle Management

Authors: Mark L. Gleason (Iowa State University) , Daren S. Mueller (Iowa State University) , Bernard J. Havlovic (Iowa State University)

  • Row Cover and Low-risk Insecticide Strategy for Cucumber Beetle Management

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    Row Cover and Low-risk Insecticide Strategy for Cucumber Beetle Management

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Abstract

Spotted and striped cucumber beetles vector is a bacterium that causes wilt in cucurbits. They are the major pest of muskmelons in Iowa. We investigated the success of spun-cotton Reemay row covers and several reduced-risk insecticides for management of cucumber beetles and bacterial wilt.

Keywords: Plant Pathology

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Gleason, M. L., Mueller, D. S. & Havlovic, B. J., (2005) “Row Cover and Low-risk Insecticide Strategy for Cucumber Beetle Management”, Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms Progress Reports 2004(1).

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01 Jan 2005
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