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The Conference also discussed the future work of controlUng these 

 and other pests in the Province, the existing organisation having 

 jjroved inadequate. It was agreed that it is necessary to establish local 

 bureaus for the control of pests ui all the provinces of Turkestan, and 

 that these should be supported from local funds. A provincial conference 

 for the whole of Turkestan should be established as a permanent body- 

 to co-ordinate their work. These local bureaus should be relieved 

 from scientific experimental work, which should be carried out by the 

 existing experimental organisations, especially the Turkestan Entomo- 

 logical Station, which it is proposed to re-organise into a station for 

 the protection of plants, consisting of three sections : entomological, 

 phytopathological and zoological. 



Watson (J. R.). Florida Truck and Garden Insects.— Univ. Florida 

 Agric. Expt. SUi., Gainesville, Bull. 134, April 1917, pp. 35-127, 

 57 figs. 



This paper gives a comprehensive survey of the principal insect 

 pests attacking garden crops in Florida and contains useful 

 instructions with regard to general methods of controlling insects ; 

 formulae are given for the most usual poison and contact insecticides 

 and the process of fumigation is described. 



Bean pests include several species of Jassids, the most abundant 

 being Empoasca mali (bean leaf-hopper) for which the controls 

 suggested are strong tobacco extract, kerosene emulsion and the use 

 of hopper-dozers. Eudamus proteus (bean leaf-roller) attacks beans 

 planted in early autumn and can be destroyed by a spray of lead 

 arsenate paste 1| lb. to 50 U.S. gals, water. Bruchus ohtectus is the 

 most common bean Bruchid, the female ovipositing in growing or 

 dried beans. Beans should be planted in fields in which neither beans 

 nor cow-peas have been recently grown and dried beans should be 

 fumigated or kept in cold storage. The Pyralid, Ehsmopalpus 

 lignosellus, Zell., tunnels up and down the stem, killing the bean-plant, 

 and is therefore very difficult to control. Infested plants should be 

 pulled up and destroyed. Ceratonia Irifiircala, Forst. (bean leaf 

 beetle) feeds on the leaves, the larvae attacking the roots. The 

 plants should be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture containing 1 lb. 

 lead arsenate to 50 U.S. gals, of mixture. Lima beans are attacked 

 by the larvae of tbe Pyralid, Monoptilota sp. w^hich form a gall in the 

 stem. No control is known for this pest. 



Beets are attacked by blister-beetles, of which the most common 

 are Epicauta heterodera and E. vitiaia. The colonies should be sprayed 

 with lead arsenate, or, as the larvae are beneficial in eating the eggs 

 of grasshoppers, the beetles may be driven from the field by whipping 

 the plants ^\-ith- twigs, working with the wind. Ckortophila (Pegomyia) 

 vicina (beet leaf- miner) burrows in the leaf-tissues and should be checked 

 by stripping the plant of infested leaves. Minor beet pests include 

 the moths Celerio lineata, Hymenia perspectalis and Zinckenia (H.) 

 fascialis. 



Cabbage, cauliflower and mustard are attacked by the same pests. 

 For cutworms, which gnaw off the young plants just above the ground, 

 poison-baits, such as young green plants dipped in a strong solution 

 of Paris green, or Kansas mixture, should be scattered about the 



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