Abstract
The European corn borer is at present considered to be the No. 1 insect pest of corn in South Dakota. It is now known (by specimen records) to be present in every county east of the Missouri river and in Lyman, Gregory and Tripp counties west of the Missouri River in South Dakota. During 1948 the corn borer did an estimated $2,500,000 worth of damage in our state~ In 1949 this damage figure was increased to $7,545,000.
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Claims 3
Claim · model-written summary
The European corn borer is present in every county east of the Missouri River and in three counties west of it in South Dakota, based on specimen records.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Interactor
- European corn borer
Ostrinia nubilalise0pest - Outcome
- present in every county east of the Missouri rivere1
- Setting
- South Dakotae1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The European corn borer is at present considered to be the No. 1 insect pest of corn in South Dakota”
e1“present in every county east of the Missouri river and in Lyman, Gregory and Tripp counties west of the Missouri River in South Dakota”
Claim · model-written summary
The corn borer caused an estimated $2,500,000 of damage in South Dakota during 1948.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Interactor
- corn borere2pest
- Outcome
- damagee2
- Value
- $2,500,000e2
- Qualifier
- During 1948e2
- Setting
- South Dakotae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The European corn borer is at present considered to be the No. 1 insect pest of corn in South Dakota”
e2“During 1948 the corn borer did an estimated $2,500,000 worth of damage in our state”
Claim · model-written summary
Estimated corn borer damage in South Dakota rose to $7,545,000 in 1949.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0
- Interactor
- European corn borer
Ostrinia nubilalise0pest - Outcome
- damage figuree3
- Value
- $7,545,000e3
- Qualifier
- In 1949e3
- Setting
- South Dakotae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“The European corn borer is at present considered to be the No. 1 insect pest of corn in South Dakota”
e3“In 1949 this damage figure was increased to $7,545,000”