Abstract
Abstract Transplants were set 13 Feb on 2.5 ft wide by 8 inches high beds of EauGallie fine sand covered with black polyethylene mulch. Plots consisted of 15 plants set in a single row on 12 inch centers. Each treatment was replicated 4 times in a randomized complete blocks design. Treatments were applied 20, 28 Mar -', 11, 18, 25 Apr, 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 May with a 2.5 gal hand-held CO2 pressured sprayer which was operated at 40 psi and delivered 60-130 gal/acre (gallonage increased as the plants grew). On 5 May the numbers of thrips were counted in 10 flowers from each plot. Marketable fruit were harvested on 13 and 28 May. In addition, immature fruit that were at least 2 inches in diam and all abscised fruit that were at least 1 inch in diam were collected on 5 Jun. All fruit were examined for external pepper weevil feeding/ oviposition scars and internal pepper weevil feeding damage. The % of damaged and undamaged fruit were calculated and analyses of variance were performed on all data.
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