Claim · model-written summary
White ants attack sugarcane setts, eating the joints and affecting bud germination.
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“Sugarcane is no more free from the attentions of insect-pests”
e1“The setts that are planted are attacked by white ants; very often the joints are eaten up until they are reduced to mere shells, and the germination of buds is affected”
Title
SUGAR-CANE INSECTS IN SOUTH INDIA
Government Entomologist Coimbatore; RAO SAHIB RAMACHANDRA RAO Y Madras Agricultural Journal 1930. doi:10.29321/maj.10.a01480
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