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An annotated List of Insects associated with Ground-nuts in East Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

W. F. Jepson
W. F. Jepson
Affiliation:
Entomologist, Department of Agriculture, Tanganyika Territory.
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Extract

It is now more than ten years since the publication of Harris' list of insects injurious to native food crops in Tanganyika (Harris 1937). It may be well to recall the view expressed in his introduction “… these crops … have achieved, within the limits of their present distribution, an equilibrium with their insect pests. Where there is no reasonable return for his labours, the native has ceased to grow a particular crop. This equilibrium is unstable, since pests increase in numbers at intervals owing to a variety of causes …”.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 39 , Issue 2 , September 1948 , pp. 231 - 236
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1948

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References

Harris, W. V. (1937).—Bull. ent. Res., 28, pp. 483–488.CrossRefGoogle Scholar