Most Useful
His division was convinced that D.D.T. was likely to remain the most useful insecticide for pasture pest control for some time to come. Dr. J. M. Hoy, director of the Entomology Division of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, said at a meeting called by North Canterbury Federated Farmers in Christchurch last week.
Dr. Hoy suggested that farmers were more likely to lose D.D.T. through international restriction of its usage than through failure in the field, but he said that this did not rule out a continuing development of insect resistance to D.D.T.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31161, 10 September 1966, Page 8
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