ATTACKING RAGWORT
SUCCESS OF MOTH PARASITES WELLINGTON, To-da\ At a meeting of the Noxious WcVd* Research Committee it was reports that the tyria moth liberated in rag, wort districts was establishing its?*! well.
Less success was experienced with the trials of blackberry and gorse parasites. It was found very difficult t-o acclimatise them, and induce them t& breed freely. The meeting decided tp continue the tests and to conduct trials on all economic plants likely to be affected.
A scheme of forest biological re* search is to be prepared. The object is to protect native forests and plantations against the ravages of insect?,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19290328.2.123
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 624, 28 March 1929, Page 12
Word count
Tapeke kupu
103ATTACKING RAGWORT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 624, 28 March 1929, Page 12
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in