Control Of Pales And Pitch Eating Weevils In The South PDF Download

Excerpt from Control of Pales and Pitch-Eating Weevils in the South Figure1. - Pales weevil adult. Figure 2. - Pitch-eating weevil adult. In the South, the pales weevil and pitch-eating weevil are considered the most serious insect pests of first-year pine plantations growing on recently cutover sites. Seedling mortality from weevil feeding has been recorded as high as 90 percent, and 30 to 60 percent mortality is not uncommon. This publication reviews current cultural and chemical methods of controlling these insects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.