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Beneficials Pamphlet
A recent update of the California Department of Food and Agriculture's
pamphlet 1989 Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America,
lists 60 companies selling predatory mites, fly parasites,
parasitic nematodes, or other biocontrol organisms. Addresses,
telephones, type of business (mail order, phone order, retail,
or wholesale) and availability of literature and consulting are
noted.
Written by Larry G. Bezark, the 12-page pamphlet is dedicated
to the 100th anniversary of the release of the Vedalia beetle
for controlling cottony cushion scale in California citrus. Copies
are free from Biological Control Services Program, 3288 Meadowview
Road, Sacramento, CA 95832, (916) 427-4590.
Index for Sustainable Agriculture Winter, 1990
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