TINY TERRORS. Flea beetles are a common garden pest, but there are ways to limit the damage. Photo courtesy of Maryland State Cooperative Extension The living world always exists in dynamic balance.
When horseradish flea beetles feed on their host plants, they take up not only nutrients but also mustard oil glucosides, the characteristic defense compounds of horseradish and other brassicaceous ...
IN 1942 we developed powders containing benzene hexachloride for the control of turnip flea beetle by dusting the seedlings. We have since carried out experiments to obtain control by treating the ...