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Vineyard managers and researchers seek sustainable solutions for mealybugs, a changing pest complex by Kent Daane, Monica Cooper, Serguei Triapitsyn, Vaughn M. Walton, Glenn Yokota, David Haviland, Walt J. Bentley, Kris Godfrey, Lynn Wunderlich

“…Mealybugs have become increasingly important vineyard pests — a result of their direct damage to the vine, their role in transmitting grapevine leafroll…”
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Development and Optimization of Methods for Using Sex Pheromone for Monitoring the Mealybug Planococcus ficus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in California Vineyards by Millar, Jocelyn G, Daane, Kent M, Mcelfresh, J. Steven, Moreira, Jardel A, Malakar-Kuenen, Raksha, Guillén, Marta, Bentley, Walt J

“…The sex pheromone of the vine mealybug Planococcus ficus Signoret has been identified as a single component, lavandulyl senecioate. Racemic lavandulyl…”
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Predicting the emergence of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), on a degree‐day scale in North America by Jones, Vincent P, Hilton, Richard, Brunner, Jay F, Bentley, Walt J, Alston, Diane G, Barrett, Bruce, Van Steenwyk, Robert A, Hull, Larry A, Walgenbach, James F, Coates, William W, Smith, Timothy J

“…BACKGROUND: Codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), is a major pest of apple, pear and walnut production in North America. Management…”
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Synthesis and Bioassay of Racemic and Chiral trans-α-Necrodyl Isobutyrate, the Sex Pheromone of the Grape Mealybug Pseudococcus maritimus by Zou, Yunfan, Daane, Kent M, Bentley, Walt J, Millar, Jocelyn G

“…A concise synthesis of the racemic form of the female-produced pheromone of the grape mealybug was developed. The synthesis was readily adapted to production…”
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BIOS and conventional almond orchard management compared by Walt J. Bentley, Lonnie Hendricks, Roger Duncan, Cressida Silvers, Lee Martin, Marcia Gibbs, Max Stevenson

“…Conventional almond growers in Merced and Stanislaus counties who use organophosphate, carb-amate and pyrethroid insecticides were compared with participants…”
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Predicting the emergence of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), on a degree-day scale in North America: Codling moth emergence in North America by Jones, Vincent P, Hilton, Richard, Brunner, Jay F, Bentley, Walt J, Alston, Diane G, Barrett, Bruce, Van Steenwyk, Robert A, Hull, Larry A, Walgenbach, James F, Coates, William W, Smith, Timothy J

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