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Ooimbatore, Shevaroy Hills, Ha"gari, Penukonda (Anantapur District), 

 TLarsa, Gujarat, Anaiid Districtr, Pusa and Rangpur. 



Control is best effected by removal and burning of all attacked plants 

 in nurseries and by careful cleaning up of all stumps and stray plants 

 after harvest. Slitting the galls with a knife is useless as a rule as it is 

 only by chance that the larva is killed in this way. 



It is an important pest in some districts of the Madras Presidency. Mr. Ramakrishna 



It is a bad pest in Gujarat also. Mr. Jhaveri. 



In the lanl-as [islands in the Godavari delta] there is a lot of tobacco Mr. Ramakrishna 

 cultivation. This pest occurs chiefly in the seed beds. The cultivators Ayyar. 

 recognize the attacked plants and these are not transplanted but are 

 collected and destroyed. 



How are these young attacked plants recognized ? Mr. Fletcher. 



The leaves fade and the characteristic swelling is seen on the tender Mr. Ramakrishna 

 stem. Ayyar. 



Do not these islands go under water in flood time ? , Mr. Fletcher. 



Tobacco is grown only during the cold weather and the land is then Mr. Ramakrishna 

 irrigated. These islands go under water very rarely and then silt is Ayyar. 

 deposited and makes the soil very fertile. 



We have tried making slits in the affected plants to kill the cater- Mr. Jhaveri. 



pillars but it has not been found successful as there may be several 



caterpillars in one plant. We find the pest present right up to the 



harvesting-time and then it remains in the stubble. The removal and 



destruction of the stubble has been found very useful. 



We also find it in the stubble. Has it been found in any other plant ? Mr. Ramakrishna 



Ayyar. 

 It is only known from tobacco so far. Mr. Fletcher. 



It is a regular pest of tobacco, but is not found in the nurseries at Mr. Misra. 

 Pusa. 



The cultivators reject the seedlings if they find a swelling on the Mr. Ghosh, 

 stem. 



Tobacco is a very thin crop and if at the time of transplanting a Mr. Misra. 

 swelling comes up, the cultivator takes out the grub and kills it. 



Very probably they reject the seedlings. Mr. Ghosh. 



In Gujarat also they reject the affected seedlings. Mr, Jhaveri. 



The ste}n is also used for smoking and therefore it is not thrown Mr. Misra. 

 away. 



As far as my experience goes the swelling stunts the growth of the Mr. Ramrao. 

 plant and, if once the swelling comes up, the plant is useless, whether 

 you cut open the swelling and kill the grub or not. 



The plant is-useless, but not quite so. Mr. Misra. 



