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Factors influencing the Control of Cotton-Stainers (Dysdercus spp.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

C. L. Withycombe
Affiliation:
Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad.

Extract

Cotton-stainers, Dysdercus spp., are most important factors affecting the growing of cotton in the West Indies and elsewhere, on account of the fact that they convey certain bacteria and the spores of various internal boll fungi which cause staining and rotting of the cotton lint.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1924

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References

* Bull. Entom. Res., xii, 1921, pp. 135163.Google Scholar