Historical Use of Lead Arsenate and Survey of Soil Residues in Former Apple Orchards in Virginia

Inorganic pesticides including natural chemicals such as arsenic, copper, lead, and sulfur have been used extensively to control pests in agriculture. Lead arsenate (PbHAsO4) was first used in apple orchards in the late 1890's to combat the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus). The afford...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schooley, Therese Nowak
Other Authors: Entomology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33674
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06212006-002244/