Whitefly Invasion in Imperial Valley Costs Growers, Workers Millions in Losses

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• Personal Author:
  Davila-Garcia S ; Funakoshi T ; Goldman GE ; Gonzalez RA ; Grieshop JI ; Natwick ET ; Rosenberg HR ; Sutter SR
• Description:
  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 farworkers. The economic impact on the county is analyzed here. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Insecticides Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Crop-spraying Pest-control Pesticides Pesticides-and-agricultural-chemicals Pests
• ISSN:
  0008-0845
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  7-8
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033799
• Citation:
  Calif Agric 1992 Sep-Oct; 46(5):7-8
• Contact Point Address:
  R. A. Gonzalez, County Cooperative Extension Director, Imperial County, CA 92243
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• Performing Organization:
  University of California - Davis
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19900930
• Source Full Name:
  California Agriculture
• End Date:
  20020929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6d8af15c09982ed15edde2cd2df865441e4137fbb328c9c22a8bbb682d39999147f3a9a9dbc4d66c548371f923b0216ace9d008297fef6ed65148ab55a166fd9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189239/cdc_189239_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 353.13 KB ]