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Insects And Mites Found Attacking Cereal Crops In Western Australia, Clee Francis Howard Jenkins
Insects And Mites Found Attacking Cereal Crops In Western Australia, Clee Francis Howard Jenkins
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
ONE of the most important factors influencing Western Australian agriculture in the last 20 years has been the development of permanent pastures together with the associated practice of ley farming.
Although the increased use of pasture plants, and particularly subterranean clover, has increased the general fertility of many areas it has also accentuated various problems, including those relating to insect control.
Summer fallow was a strong deterrent to such pests as the red-legged earth mite, the lucerne flea, and webworm and these and several other creatures have shown a tendency to increase under new farming methods.