Open AccessWhitefly invasion in Imperial Valley costs growers, workers millions in losses
Author(s) -
Refugio Gonzalez,
George E. Goldman,
Eric T. Natwick,
Howard R. Rosenberg,
James I. Grieshop,
Stephen Sutter,
Tad Funakoshi,
Socorro Davila-Garcia
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
california agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2160-8091
pISSN - 0008-0845
DOI - 10.3733/ca.v046n05p7
Subject(s) - whitefly , unemployment , geography , agricultural economics , agroforestry , agricultural science , toxicology , biology , horticulture , economics , economic growth
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.
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