In laboratory studies, the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile (Mayr), and the odorous house ant, Tapinoma sessile (Say), avoided aromatic cedar mulch as a nesting substrate. Both ant species were killed when confined with fresh aromatic cedar mulch in sealed containers. However, when confined with cedar mulch that had been aged outdoors for up to 140 d, mortality of L. humile was complete regard...

Practical and sustainable water management systems are needed in arid regions due to shortages climate change. Therefore, an experiment was initiated winter (WS) spring (SS), investigate integrating deficit irrigation, associated with partial root drying (PRD) soil mulching, under subsurface drip irrigation on squash yield, fruit quality, use efficiency (IWUE). Two mulching treatments, transpar...

Recent discovery of low concentrations of bromacil in drinking water prompted the State of Hawaii to examine the leaching behavior of bromacil in pineapple fields. This study is a follow up to earlier work on bromacil concentrations in soil profiles in a pineapple field in central Oahu, Hawaii. Soil samples were collected for bromacil analysis at different times prior to and after application f...