THE PRICKLY PEAR.
DISCOVERY OF ENEMIES. Received Nov. 6, 12.40 a.m. NEW YORK, Oct. 4. The Australian Press Association interviewed Professor Johnston, who stated that after investigations in the United States and Mexico he had found the following prickly pear enemies existed: a fungus named gloeosporium; insects, including boring larvae or moths called militara; and, to a less extent, boring beetles; also one or two forms of wild cochineal, whose activities are largely controlled by parasitic insects. There is also a certain kind of plant bug whose attacks interfere with the growth of the prickly pear.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18019, 6 November 1920, Page 5
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96THE PRICKLY PEAR. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18019, 6 November 1920, Page 5
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