CONTROL OF RAGWORT.
NEW MOTH MAY BE MENACE. TO POTATO PLANTS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) NELSON, Aug. 31. The liberation of the cinnabar moth for the control of ragwort will not he made this spring by the Cawthron Institute. The reason is that in reply to enquiries made hv Dr Miller, the information had been received showing that caterpllars of the moth had been known to attack and defoliate potatoes in England and Guernsey. Before a final decision is reached regarding the liberation of the moth further extensh'e and detailed tests with potatoes and other plants will be first undertaken.
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Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17414, 31 August 1928, Page 5
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