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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

1963

Insect control

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Spraying For Grasshopper Control, T J. Tozer Jan 1963

Spraying For Grasshopper Control, T J. Tozer

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

A BIG increase in cereal growing in the "hopper" belt has brought a general improvement in the grasshopper situation over the past few years.

This highlights the emphasis entomologists have placed on cultivation as the best known way of controlling grasshoppers.


Ant Pests In Western Australia, Clee Francis Howard Jenkins Jan 1963

Ant Pests In Western Australia, Clee Francis Howard Jenkins

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THERE are many different species of native ants in Western Australia, but few of these are of major economic importance.

Several introduced species however, have spread extensively and have proved troublesome both as agricultural and household pests.