Cotton Varieties Studied In Philadelphia Meeting
Dr Leigh outlined a breeding program using wild cotton varieties from Arizona Mexico and Peru to develop a mite resistant Acala 442 line. He noted prior Shafter breeding success in mite resistance and said advanced lines show similar resistance while preserving Acala’s high yield and market appeal.
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Mexico
Peru
Leigh
California entomologist cautions on cotton bug control
Dr Thomas F Leigh of California and U S Cotton Research Station Shafter told an Entomological Society of America meeting that the most effective killers are not always the best for long term control. He noted that three of twenty experimental materials showed extended control of the lygus bug for up to 30 days.
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Pennsylvania
Shafter
California
Entomological Society of America
Thomas F. Leigh
University of California
U.S. Cotton Research Station
Pesticide Evaluation Aims To Protect Beneficial Insects
Leigh discusses improved lygus control methods that avoid destroying beneficial predators. New evaluation techniques use a vacuum insect sampler to count trapped insects before and after applying experimental chemicals. Lygus bugs threaten cotton and many seed, vegetable, and fruit crops.
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Leigh
Roof swindlers target homeowners in Southern California
A sheriff’s bulletin warns that roof sprayers who press costly repairs are back in the region. The scheme mirrors past Kern County activity by swindlers who threaten to inflate charges for useless work. Beware door solicitors with swarthy accents who offer roof or home repairs. Check licenses and report any suspicious strangers to the sheriff or BBB.
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California
Sheriff's
Better Business Bureau
Kern County
Williamson
Sheriff's Office
Texas Cotton Seed Officials Tour San Joaquin Valley
A Texas seed delegation led by B Ashworth and TPSA officials toured the San Joaquin Valley variety district to study seed certification and reduce cotton seed varieties. They reported 70 percent of seed saved by farmers and aim to encourage certified seed like San Joaquin Valley practice. The group included E F McFarland George Babcock J W Brownfield Dwayne West Jerry Biffle Byron Daniel and Jess Minchew among others.
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Texas
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Sanguin Valley
Ashworth
TPSA
Direcon
San Joaquin Valley
eAc
E. F. McFarland
Bryan
George Babcock
Lubor J. W
Well
Grady Pickese
Brownfield
Dwayne West
Lubbock
Jerry Biffle
Anton
Byron Daniel
Cleveland
Jess Minchew
Tulsa
County Health Man Honored by State
John Eaton a Kern County Health Department statistician was elected the first president of the California Conference of Local Public Health Statisticians. The group will hold its inaugural conference and workshop in public health this week. Eaton has a 1961 citation for duty service from the Kern County Attor ney for the Handicapped and serves as Program Chairman and Newsletter Editor for the Kern Chapter of the Delta Processing Management Association.
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John Eaton
Kern County
California
Eaton
Kern County Attee For
Kern
Delta Processing Management Association
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