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Title: Report of the State Entomologist of Connecticut for the year ...
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Connecticut. Office of State Entomologist.
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Publisher: New Haven, (1902-
Contributing Library: University of Connecticut Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation

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Japanese Beetle 277 Oriental Beetle 277 The Dutch Elm Disease Situation in Connecticut ... •. 278 The Present Status 278 Nature of the Disease 280 Transmission of the. Disease 281 Control Program 282 Publications on Dutch Elm Disease and Associated Bark Beetles ., 284 Dutch Elm Disease Sample Plots, 1942 285 Chemical Repellents to Bark Beetle Breeding 287 Observations of Elm Twig-Crotch Feeding by Scolyhis midtistriatus Marsh. 290The Effect of Low Temperature Upon Mortality of the Larvae of Scolytus mitltistriatus Marsham 291 Freezing Point 294 Rate of Temperature Fall 295 Cyclic Exposure Effects 295 Effect of Momentary Exposure to Cold 295 Effects of Quantity and Intensity of Cold 298 Summary 304 Miscellaneous Inseqt Notes 305 A Scale Insect on Phlox 305 The Bronze Cutworm 306 A Scarabaeid .% 306 Notes on May Beetles 307 Lilacs Inured by the European Giant Hornet 307 The Imported Long-Horned Weevil 308 Winter Mortality of the European Pine Shoot Moth 309 Publications 3jq, Index ,,,
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Connecticut State Entomologistforty-second report 1942 R. B. Friend During the present war emergency, and perhaps for some time there-after, Connecticut farmers will be expected to produce maximumcrops of fruits and vegetables. In the production of these crops, adequateinsect pest control is an important factor, for without it the harvest maybe a failure. There is no virtue in raising crops to support insects or anyother pests. The insect control problem, pressing enough in normal times,is made more acute by the current shortages of labor, supplies and equip-ment. Production must be efficient, and a comprehension of the factorsinvolved will aid in attaining this efficiency. Insect pest control is fundamentally the suppression of insect popu-lations to an innocuous level. This is a poorly defined limit, but we canassume that if the insect is detrimental to human welfare, then the effortto suppress it should be extended until its injury has been reduced to aninsignificant level. It is,reportofstateent472conn

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