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The Tropical Agriculturist. The Agricultural Journal of Ceylon April 1936

1936

The eggs are laid in the fruit the female puncturing the rind and pith with her long extensible ovipositor and placing the eggs just inside the pith in the flesh. [...] Then dissolve the sugar in a little of the water and stir this and the paste into the remainder of the water. [...] The damage caused is of two kinds (1) the puncturing of the flower buds and shoots for egg-laying and (2) the feeding punctures of thousands of nymphs on the flowering shoots ; in both cases the injured tissues wither and die and much of the fruit fails to set. [...] The excursions to Bagley wood Whychwood Forest Ind the Chiltern Hills were of considerable pedological value 207 for they gave the members of the Congress an opportunity of hearing the views Of the most distinguished of them on the characteristics of the soil types encountered. [...] The paper by Waksman and Hutchings on the Function of Cellulose and Lignin in the Preservation of Nitrogen in Soils and Composts was of value in connection with the practice of green manuring and the work on compost-making in Ceylon.
agriculture environment
Pages
66
Published in
Sri Lanka
SARF Document ID
sarf.120021
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-i unknown view
Editorials The Control of Fruit-Tree Pests
193-194 unknown view
Some Common Insect Pests of Fruit Trees Contributions From the Entomological Division Peradeniya Ceylon
195-205 unknown view
The Third International Congress of Soil Science 1935
206-209 A. W. R. Joachim view
The Kidney Tea Plan Orthosiphon Stamineus Benth
210-i Duncan Soyza view
Notes On Orchids Cultivated in Cylon Angraecum Eburneum Thouars
215-216 K.J. Sylva view
Adlay
217-219 H.A. Pieris view
The Imperial Institute and the Colonies
220-222 unknown view
Some Aspects of the Poultry Industry in Kenya
223-233 unknown view
The Manufacture of Humus By the Indore Process
234-236 unknown view
Some Aspects of the Plant Virus Problem
237-242 unknown view
Plants and Animals in Human History
243-247 unknown view
Coconut Research Scheme(Ceylon)
248-251 unknown view
Tea Research Institute of Ceylon
252-252 A.W.L Turner view
Reviews
253-254 unknown view
Animal Disease Return for the Month Ended March 1936
255-255 M. Crawford view
Meterological Report—March 1936
256-256 H. Jameson view

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