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The biology and control of the sorghum midge.

Description: Describes the life cycle of the sorghum midge, its history in the United States, the damage it can cause to plants, and the steps farmers can take to control the pest and its damage.
Date: July 1941
Creator: Walter, E. V. (Elmer Valentine), 1891-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Field studies of insecticides used to control cabbage caterpillars in the South.

Description: Describes the damage that cabbage caterpillars can cause to plants, and provides the results of scientific research on insecticides to control the caterpillars in the southern United States.
Date: November 1941
Creator: Reid, W. J. (William John), 1902-; Smith, Charles Egan, 1887-; Reed, L. B. (Lucius Brown), 1906- & Thomas, W. A. (William Andrew), 1883-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Further studies on the removal of spray residues from eastern-grown apples.

Description: Describes the variety of residues found on apples, the amount of residue, and different ways to wash the apples and remove residue.
Date: August 1942
Creator: Haller, M. H. (Mark Hughlin), 1897-; Cassil, C. C. (Carroll Clayton), 1911-; Gould, Edwin & Schrader, Albert Lee, 1896-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hibernation of the corn earworm in southeastern Georgia.

Description: Discusses the results of a study of the hibernation of the corn earworm in Chatham County, Georgia from 1930 to 1933. The study was conducted in an effort to understand seasonal occurences of earworm infestation.
Date: October 1941
Creator: Barber, G. W. (George W.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Insecticidal efficiency of some oils of plant origin

Description: Describes the results of scientific research examining the effect of plant oils as insecticides.
Date: February 1942
Creator: Cressman, A. W. & Dawsey, Lynn H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigations of the parasites of Popillia japonica and related scarabaeidae in the Far East from 1929 to 1933, inclusive.

Description: Describes the results of scientific research of parasites of the Japanese beetle at various stages of the beetle life cycle. The studies were carried out from 1929 to 1933 in Japan, Chosen (Korea), India, and Taiwan.
Date: October 1940
Creator: Gardner, T. R. (Theodore Roosevelt), b. 1899 & Parker, L. B. (Lawrence Bemis), 1901-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Life history and control of the tomato pinworm.

Description: Describes the history and life cycle of the tomato pinworm, the types and extent of damage that it causes, and steps that farmers can take to control it.
Date: September 1943
Creator: Elmore, J. C. (John Clifford), 1896- & Howland, A. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Life history of the wireworm Melanotus longulus (Lec.) in southern California.

Description: Describes in detail the life cycle of the Melanotus Longulus wire worm, and in brief: the natural methods for its control, and the threat it poses to crops in southern California.
Date: January 1944
Creator: Stone, M. W., (Marshall Weddell) & Howland, A. F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Prevention of damage by the seed-corn maggot to potato seed pieces.

Description: Uses results from a scientific study to describe how to best protect potato seed pieces from damage by the seed-corn maggot.
Date: February 1940
Creator: Reid, W. J. (William John), 1902-; Wright, R. C. (Robert Claude), b. 1885. & Peacock, Walter M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strains of field corn resistant to the survival of the European corn borer.

Description: Describes a series of scientific tests conducted over ten years to identify the strains of corn that were resistant to the threat of European corn borers, and provides the results of these tests.
Date: May 1942
Creator: Patch, L. H.; Holbert, J. R. & Everly, R. T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Studies of methyl bromide in greenhouse and vault fumigation.

Description: Describes the results of scientific research regarding the effectiveness of methyl bromide as an insecticide in greenhouse and vault fumigation.
Date: September 1943
Creator: Richardson, Henry H. (Henry Howe), 1906-; Johnson, A. C. (Alpha Cornelius), b. 1889; Bulger, Jacob Work, 1887-; Casanges, A. H. & Johnson, George V. (George Victor), 1910-
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The yellow chapote, a native host of the Mexican fruitfly.

Description: Describes the yellow chapote tree that grows in southern Texas and Mexico, its uses and benefits, and the damage that the Mexican fruitfly causes to the tree.
Date: July 1941
Creator: Plummer, C. C.; McPhail, M. & Monk, J. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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