Received for publication 21 February 1978. 1Broom's Barn Experimental Station, Higham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. 2 Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521. 3Farm Advisor, Cooperative Extension, Santa Maria, California 93456. 4 Farm Advisor, Cooperative Extension, El Centro, California 92243. Much of this work was done while the senior author was...

During 1993-94, several fumigant and nonfumigant nematicides were tested alone and in combination at various rates for control of Columbia root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne chitwoodi) in potato. Ethoprop, oxamyl, or metam sodium alone did not adequately reduce tuber infection. Metam sodium plus ethoprop reduced culled tubers to 3%, and metam sodium plus 2 or 3 foliar applications of oxamyl reduce...

For 1982 1992, records from the California Pesticide Illness Surveillance Program (PISP) showed 210 cases associated with exposure to phosphine gas and solid formulations of aluminum and zinc phosphide and 205 cases had sufficient information to retain in the data analysis. Of the cases with sufficient information, 179 (87.3%) cases involved isolated exposure to aluminum phosphide and 3 involve...

Volume 1 • Issue 1 • 1000e101 J Cell Biol Immunol, an open access journal Pesticides can be classified as insecticides, rodenticides, herbicides, fungicides and fumigants [1]. For years, it has been widely known that pesticides use can unfortunately disturb lots of nontarget organisms while killing pests. A number of study revealed the side effects of different pesticide on many organisms. In a...

First posted June 5, 2023 For additional information, contact: Director,California Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey6000 J Street, Placer HallSacramento, California 95819 Groundwater quality in the Northern San Joaquin Valley region of was studied as part State Resources Control Board (SWRCB) Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program-Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP). The GAMA-PBP made...

Field trials were conducted to test the effectiveness of a gas exploding device called “Rodentorch” in reducing pest populations of ground squirrels and prairie dogs. Ignition of a propane/oxygen mixture injected for 30 seconds into burrows reduced prairie dog activity 13.0%. Doubling the injection time in prairie dog burrows to 60 seconds resulted in a 63.3% reduction. Reduction in ground squi...