Abstract
Abstract Transplants were set 12 Mar, 18 inches apart on 8-inch-high beds of EauGallie fine sand covered with black polyethylene mulch. Each plot consisted of a single 15 ft-row with rows on 5-ft centers. Treatments were replicated 4 times in a RCB design and were applied with a 2.5 gal, hand-held CO2-powered sprayer on 9, 18, 24, 30 Apr, 7, 14, and 21 May. The sprayer was operated at 60 psi and delivered 60 gpa for the first three applications, 90 gpa the next three applications, and 120 gpa for the last application using a single nozzle fitted with a D-5 disk and #25 core. On 13 Jun, the numbers of Liriomyza spp. leafmines were counted by two trained observers in a 2-min whole-plot search. Leafmine counts of both persons were totaled. Fruit were harvested on 20 May and 3 Jun. The number and weight of undamaged fruit and the number of fruit damaged by armyworm larvae, flower thrips (fruit with five or more oviposition dimples on the blossom end), and stink bugs were determined.
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