Five years of tests prove effectiveness and benefits of UC program

The authors thank Walter Bentley, Daniel Cahn, Darryl Castro, Lonnie Hendricks, Clif Kitayma, D. Lee, Wilbur Rell, Barry Wilk, and Frank Zalom for information. William W. Barnett, Area Specialist, UC/IPM, Fresno County, and Robert Curtis, Almond Board of California, provided valuable advice. This project has been supported in part by funds from the Almond Board of California; UC/IPM Project; Experiment Station Project 3522-H; Western Regional Project-84; and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Information on the integrated mite management program is available in UC/IPM Publ. 1, 1984, “Managing Mites in Almonds, An Integrated Approach,” from the Integrated Pest Management Implementation Group, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.