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Figmen Honor Two Researchers at Fresno Ceremony
The Fig Institute awarded certificates to two researchers in Fresno. Charles K. Fisher, longtime USDA entomologist known for work on the dried fruit beetle raisin moth and fumigants, retired in 1951. Eugene M. Stafford of the University of California has led fig research since 1940, focusing on Pacific mite control and fig scale biology and control.
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Fig Institute
Fresno
Charles K. Fisher
USDA
Eugene M. Stafford
University of California
R. D. McLaughlin
California Fig Ince
Fisher
Stafford
University