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Indian Farming August 1941

1941

Distribution In view of the notoriety of the Codling Moth the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research sanctioned a small staff to assist Dr Pruthi in carrying out a survey of the fruit-growing regions of Baluchistan to ascetain the distribution and life-history of the Codling Moth and also to determine the exact nature of the damage done by another insect pest of apples in that province nam [...] Banding of the trunks.—If the trees are thoroughly scraped and the cocooning quaters removed from the trees in winter manyAugust 1941 1 ROY : THE CODLING M OTH AND ITS CONTROL 403 of the worms leaving the fruit during summer will enter and cocoon in bands placed round the trunks of the trees. [...] Picking out and thinning of fruit.—The thining out of large hunches of fruit is not only instrumental in improving the size of the fruits but aids the penetration of sprays between the individual fruits of the cluster. [...] The rate of increase in the size of the air cell depends on temperature and humdity ; that is the hotter and drier the storage conditions the greater the evaporation of water and the larger the air cell. [...] The period that elapses between production and consumption is ufortunately far too long on account of the irregular collection in the villages the numeous hands that the eggs pass through before reaching the consumer the slow transport and the often long distances between the areas of production and consumption.
agriculture environment
Pages
74
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120055
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xii unknown view
Indian Cattle in other Countries
397-i unknown view
The Codling Moth and its Control
399-403 S.C. Roy view
Marketing of Eggs and Egg Products
404-407 A.J. Macdonald view
Utilization of Inferior Grades of Citrus Fruit
408-412 N.N. Chopra view
Pyrethrum in Kashmir
413-415 M.R. Fotidar view
Solar Treatment of Wheat Loose Smut
416-418 J.C. Luthra view
Insect Study and Animal Disease Control
419-421 B.C. Basu view
Rural Reconstruction in Hyderabad
422-424 Raziuddin Ahmed view
What the Scientists are doing
425-426 unknown view
What would You Like to Know?
427-428 unknown view
What’s doing in all-india
429-iv unknown view
The Month’s Clip
439-442 unknown view
New Books and Reviews
443-444 unknown view
From all Quarters
445-446 unknown view
Backmatter
i-ii unknown view

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