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Fruit Fly Control With Rogor 40 And Lebaycid : Progress Report, D G. Shedley
Fruit Fly Control With Rogor 40 And Lebaycid : Progress Report, D G. Shedley
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE Mediterranean fruit fly has been present in Western Australia for over 60 years and during that time many types of insecticides have been tested against the pest.
Traps and lures were amongst the earliest control measures adopted, but these gave way to sugar solutions poisoned with such materials as arsenic and sodium fluosilicate.
The Fruit Industry In Other Lands. 5. The United States Of America (Continued), Frank Melville
The Fruit Industry In Other Lands. 5. The United States Of America (Continued), Frank Melville
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
THE United States grows in the vicinity of 64 million bushels of peaches, 83,000 tons of plums, 470,000 tons of prunes and 225,000 tons of apricots.
About half the peaches and the major portion of the plums, prunes and apricots are grown in California which is the centre of the canning industry.
There is also a large cherry industry concentrated mainly in the eastern side of the country. Production amounts to almost 100,000 tons of sweet cherries and 125,000 tons of sour varieties.