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203. Derived from: Legner, E. F., G. Gordh, A. Silveira-Guido
& M. E. Badgley. 1982. New wasp may help control navel
orangeworm. Calif. Agric.
38(5-6): 1, 4-5. Navel
orangeworm, Amyelois transitells (Waler), perhaps the most important
pest of almonds in California, has plagued growers for the past 25 years and
continues to do so. A renewed quest for
effective natural enemies throughout the native range of navel orangeworm, in
Texas and Central and South America resulted in discovery of a parasitic
wasp, Goniozus legneri Gordh, attacking this insect in southern
Uruguay and Argentina, where climatic similarities with California's Central
Valley are great. |
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