SATEX SEED COMPANY — SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 24 
INSECT & DISEASE CONTROL 
GUIDE 
When insects appear look for the following offenders so that you 
may plan your attack correctly. 
CHEWING INSECTS — This class includes all caterpillars, beetle, 
slugs, worms and saw-flies and are controlled by stomach poisons 
such as Arsenate of Lead, Paris Green, London Purple, Garden 
Guard, Pyretoxide, Kryocide (Cryolite), ete. 
SUCKING INSECTS, feed on plants by inserting their beak into 
the tissues of a plant and suck out the sap. Aphis, Stink bugs, 
Psylla, chinch bugs, squash bugs, mealy bugs, white fly and leaf 
hoppers belong to still class and are controlled by contact sprays 
such as Nicotine Sulphate, Evergreen, Garden Guard, Pyretoxide, etc. 
MIGRATORY INSECTS — Insects of crawling type, like cutworms 
ants, sawbugs, grasshoppers, earwigs, slugs and snails are con- 
trolled by poison baits such as Snarol or Destruxol Sow Bug Bait. 
BRIGHT & FUNGOUS DISEASES — Include leaf spot, rust, mildew, 
anthracnoce, etc., and can be satisfactorily controlled by the applica- 
tion of sulphur or copper as the active ingredient. Plants sprayed with 
copper or sulphur fungicides prevent the tiny disease spores from get- 
ting a foothold on vegetation. Even after plants have been attacked 
by these funguos growth, spraying with the proper fungicide will re- 
tard and in many cases eliminate the disease. 
IF YOU’RE UNCERTAIN — CONSULT US 
When you’re fighting insects or plant disease, the wrong method 
or material can often do more harm than good. For instance, a 
contact spray that’s right for controlling aphids on roses will not 
control black spot on roses. 
Material intended for plant diseases 
insects. 
isn’t necessarily harmful to 
The chart given below covers most of the insects commonly found 
in Southwest Texas and should assist you in classifying and controlling 
them, however. If you’re not sure about any phase of your battle 
against garden pests, feel free to ask us. We’re always glad to con- 
sult — and usually have the correct answer. 
INSECT OR 
DISEASE 
APHIDS 

CUT WORMS 

SLUGS AND 
SNAILS 
SOW BUGS OR 
PILLBUGS 
MILDEW 
MEXICAN BEAN 
BEETLE 
CABBAGE 
WORMS 
CORN EAR 
WORM 
CUCUMBER 
BEETLE 




FLEA BEETLE 
THRIP 
COLORADO 
POTATO BUG 
LEAF HOPPER 
RED SPIDER 
BLIGHT 
HORN WORM 
WILT 
GRASSHOPPERS 

ASK FOR COMPLETE SPRAY GUIDE CHART 

DESCRIPTION 
Small Green, Brown or Black soft bodied insects on 
the under side of leaf, suck sap from leaves. Leaves 
curl up and die. 
Smart gray caterpillars that work at night cutting off 
plant at the base just above the ground. 
Gray, slimy, legless, soft bodied about %4-in. to 2-in., 
long. Leave a slimy silvery trail. Feed on foliage and 
completely destroy young plants. Work at night. 
Small gray bugs roll up when touched. Eat leaves and 
stems work at night or early in the morning on cloudy 
days. 
Beans and Peas—White downy patches of mold on pods. 
Pods dry up shrivel and blacken. 
Copper colored beetles about 4-in. long, with 8 spots 
on each wing cover. Larvae: Yellow spiney grubs feed on 
under side of leaf. 
Soft bodied velvet green worms about one inch long, 
feed on the leaves. 
Greenish to brown in color. Feed on developing kernels 
of corn. 
Small beetles 1%4-in. long, 4 ycllow and 3 black stripes 
on back. Also a spotted type with 12 black spots on a 
green background. Feed on foliage and stem. 
Small dark or metallic green beetle 1/16-in. long. 
Jumps quickly when disturbed. Eat small holes in leaves. 
Very small active black or yellow insects that feed 
under leaf sheath causing plants to be distorted and 
tips blasted. Also cause plants to shed blossoms. 
Oval hard shelled beetle, %-in. long. Yellow with 
black stripes. Larvae, Red grubs, feed on entire plant. 
Small green wedge-shaped insects 4-in. long. Walk 
sideways when disturbed, suck sap from under side of 
leaf. 
Irregular or circular brown spots with rings appear- 
ing like a target board or a greasy or water-soaked ap- 
pearance of leaf with a filmy cobwebby growth on under 
side of leaf. 
Very small greenish yellow mites that feed by suck- 
ing foliage causing leaves to have a rusty appearance. 
Large green worm with a projection on rear part of 
back like a horn. A voracious feeder, feeding on leaves. 
Especially found on tomato or potato plants. 

Leaves roll upward and wilt, usually starting at bot- 
tom of plant and working toward top. Lower leaves 
turn yellow and drop off until] the entire plant is defol- 
liated. 

Need no description. 
CONTROL OR PREVENTION 
Spray under side of leaf with Blackleaf ‘‘40’’—Destruxol- 
Fungosol - Greentox ‘50’ or dust with Nicotine Dust. 


Use a poison bait. : 
Snarol or Destruxol Sow Bug Bait. Spread along the 
rows of plants but do not put directly on the plant. 
Spray with Fungosol or Bordeaux. Dust with sulphur. 
Dusting is preferable. 
Dust thoroughly with Kryocide Acme Garden Guard 
or Premeer Powder. 
Use any good stomach poison, 
recommend, Kryocide 
or Pyretoxide. 
Dust silks- as soon as they appear with Kryocide or 
Pyretoxide, or put a drop of mineral oil and blackleaf 
“‘40”” mixed on the silks. 
Use a good stomach poison. Recommend Kryocide or 
Pyretoxide. 
Dust with Arsenate of Lead Kryocide or Pyretoxide. 
Spray with Aphis Spray, Blackleaf ‘‘40’, or Destruxol. 
Add 3 lbs. sugar to a 50 gallon mix. 
Dust or spray with Kryocide - Red River Potato Mix, 
Calcium Arsenate - London Purple. 

Spray with Fungosol - Blackleaf ‘40’’. Greentox “50” 
or dust with Pyretoxide. Nicotine dust or Premeer pow- 
der. 

Spray with 
Kopper King—Fungosol. 
Koppersol or Bordeaux. 

Spray both sides of leaves with wettable sulphur or 
Fungosol, or dust with Dusting Sulphur. 

Dust with Kryocide. Calcium Arsenate. Garden Dust. 
Arsenate of Lead. 

No control once it has started. Spray with Fungosol 
as a control. Plant wilt resistant varieties of tomatoes. 
Rotate crops. 

Use Snarol and Destruxol Sow Bug bait. 
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