Many of the home remedies used to control garden pests may have merit but have not been scientifically tested. UC urban entomologists evaluated some of them under controlled conditions, with mixed results.

The cooperation of Joseph Hile, Pest Management Intern, in the studies on soaps and companion plants, and of Walter Vodden, Blake Gardens, in the study on snails, and the assistance of the Elvenia J. Slosson Endowment Fund in the three studies are gratefully acknowledged.