PROTECTING FORESTS
ENEMY OF BORER IMPORTED Press Association NELSON, Wednesday. The first consignments of parasites for use against the horntail borer of pine trees have been received by the Cawthron Institute.. The parasites, which arrived in excellent condition from England. were sent from the Faraham Royal Parasite Laboratory of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology. , The horntail borer is now estab- : lished throughout New Zealand, and I although not yet known to injure i healthy trees it is almost invariably < found in weakened or damaged ones, j The work of controlling this pest is ; part of an extensive campaign inaugu- I rated by Dr. Miller for the protection ! of the ever-extending exotic forests of j the Dominion.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 542, 20 December 1928, Page 8
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