A Row Cover and Low-Risk Insecticide Strategy for Cucumber Beetle Management

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2004-01-01
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Gleason, Mark
Helland, Sara
Havlovic, Bernard
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Spotted and striped cucumber beetles vector a bacterium that causes wilt in cucurbits. These beetles are the major pest of muskmelons in Iowa. We investigated the success of spun-cotton Reemay row covers and several reduced-risk insecticides for management of cucumber beetles and bacterial wilt.

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