文档介绍:INSECT PEST MANAGEMENT
VEGETABLE
RESEARCH AND ANIC CROPS
INFORMATION
CENTER CALVIN FOUCHE, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor,
San Joaquin County; MARK GASKELL, UCCE Farm Advisor,
Small anic
Program
Vegetable Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties; STEVEN T. KOIKE,
Production in UCCE Farm Advisor, Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties;
California JEFF MITCHELL, UCCE Vegetable Crops Specialist,
.eduSeries Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier; and RICHARD SMITH,
UCCE Farm Advisor, Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties
Specific information anic vegetable production practices in California is scarce, and growers need sound information
to guide their management decisions. anic Vegetable Production in California Series is made up of publications
written by Farm Advisors and Specialists from the University of California’s Division of Agriculture and Natural
Resources. Each publication addresses a key aspect anic production practices applicable to all vegetable crops.
Before planting a crop, anic vegetable grower will greatly aid the grower’s efforts to prevent econom-
needs to understand the pests and anisms ic damage to the crop. Many of the key pests in veg-
that usually occur in that crop and anticipate the pest etable crops are described in pest management manuals
problems that are likely to occur. Experienced growers a