Breeding for Insect Resistance in Vegetables1
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- 1 April 1970
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in HortScience
- Vol. 5 (2) , 76-79
- https://doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.5.2.76
Abstract
Insects inflict over $185 million in losses to vegetables annually in the United States (Table 1). An additional $100 million or more is spent controlling vegetable insects. Totaled the losses and control costs amount to approximately 18% of the value of vegetables grown in the U.S.Keywords
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