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a considerable extent. I show you a specimen of the roots (exhibited) 
and you can see how they are all eaten away. This termite is not a 
mound-builder, so that its control is difficult, and a deterrent, such as 
Crude Oil Emulsion or phenyle, seems the only remedy, but it is not 
easy to keep on applying such remedies to a semi-permanent crop of 
this kind. 
In the Bombay Presidency, tur plants are attacked by a fungal Mr. Jhaveri. 
disease and afterwards by termites. 
Yes, of course termites will come in and eat the decaying or dead Mr. Fletcher. 
wood. But, except in the case I have just mentioned, I do not think 
they are very troublesome to healthy tur plants. 
Margarodes niger (Coccide) is found on the roots of tur plants at Mr. Ramachandra 
Hadagalli in the Bellary District. It does no damage. Rao. 
Yes, this is a curiosity rather than a pest, I think. Mr. Fletcher. 
Any more pests of Cajanus indicus ? Then we will go on to 
Soy BEAN (Glycine hispida). 
We will take first the insects found feeding on the leaves. We have :— 
Giaura (Cletthara) sceptica. 
Diacrisia obliqua. ' 
Plusia orichalcea. 
Giaura sceptica seems to be a sporadic minor pest of this crop and 
velvet bean, on which it has been reared at Pusa and Surat, but it is 
not common as a rule. 
Diacrisia obliqua attacks Soy-bean sometimes in large numbers and ~ 
may do serious damage. 
_ It isa very serious pest on the leaves. Mr. Ghosh, 
We will discuss it later on under “ Jute.” Mr. Fletcher. 
Plusia orichalcea also occurs on Soy-bean but is not generally bad 
on this crop. 
Amsacta mooret is a serious pest at Nadiad. Mr. Jhaveri. 
On the young leaves and shoots we also get Aprowrema (Anacampsis) Mr. Fletcher. 
nerteria, which we will discuss under “‘ Groundnut.” 
Of insects boring the stem we have :— 
Nupserha bicolor. 
Sphenoptera sp. 
Nupserha bicolor has been found in Bihar, at Sabour and Pusa. 
The egg is laid on young plants, the beetle girdling a shoot. The larva 
bores down to the root and goes from one branch to another, killing 
the plant. The larva hibernates in the stumps. Control measures 
include destruction of affected shocis and of stumps after harvest. 
