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Fungi on spotted alfalfa aphid: Discovery of fungus-killed aphids in field infestations may lead to biological control by means of natural disease
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California Agriculture 9(12):5-16.
Published December 01, 1955
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Abstract
Epizootics—corresponding to disease epidemics among humans—almost wiped out the spotted alfalfa aphid—Therioaphis maculata (Buckton)—in some fields in the Del Mar Valley of San Diego County during the late summer.