BLACK MOTH
PARASITES RELEASED "RESEARCH DEPARTMENT WORK i '• 1 Although parasites to combat the ■diamond, black moth have been liberated in the last season throughout the rape and turnip-growing areas or Mr- Canterbury and Hawke's Bay," it is considered unlikely they Avill have multiplied sufficiently to combat effectively the large numbers of the moth which infested the crops last summer. This advice was received from the Minister for Scientific and Industrial Research, Mr D. G. McMillan, by the executive of the North Canterbury branch of the Farmers* Union. The Minister said in his letter that both of the two species of parasite liberated appeared to have acclimatised well and to have spread over considerable distances. The -work of the parasites was being intensified, and' though it was unlikely that further supplies could be secured from Britain this year, it was hoped that further liberations from Nclsson would be possible this 3'ear.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 220, 2 October 1940, Page 5
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151BLACK MOTH Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 220, 2 October 1940, Page 5
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