@article{Thomas:261619,
      recid = {261619},
      author = {Thomas, Omer S. Lloyd },
      title = {Mosaic Disease Control on Susceptible Cucurbits in the  West Indies},
      address = {1984-10-21},
      number = {1975-2017-3547},
      pages = {4},
      year = {1984},
      abstract = {Aphid-borne virus diseases are the most important diseases  of cucurbits in the West Indies that cause significant  reduction in yield. Surveys of cucurbit farms throughout  the West Indies revealed the presence of mosaic, existing  in varying degrees of occurrence and severity, as the most  predominant disease. The diseases were found to be caused  by aphid-borne viruses, either in complexes or  individually. Experiments to control the spread of these  diseases with emulsion oils in Barbados revealed a six-fold  reduction as compared with controls. The oil was applied  with CP-3 knapsack sprayer (high volume) using cone jets to  zucchini squash in a scheduled spray cycle. Droplet size  emitted by the sprayer averaged 20 µm at 36 psi pressure.  Rates of application averaged 7.5 ml/l of H2O. Reaping time  has been prolonged to more than seven weeks. Fruit quality  was improved and crop yield increased. There were no  significant differences between disease spread in  inoculated and uninoculated plots (P = .05).},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/261619},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.261619},
}