Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

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Identifikator:: 1738588467

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-115043

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Title:: Proceedings of the South & East African combined agricultural, cotton, entomological and mycological conference held at Nairobi, August, 1926

Place of publication:: Nairobi

Publisher:: East African Standard

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: VI, 337 Seiten; Ill.

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Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part VI. Summary of conclusions and concluding speech by the chairman

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PART VI. (c) That the programme of the work to be adopted should be drafted by the staff of the centre chosen for the major investigations. (d) That this programme should be circulated to the Departments of Agriculture in other Cotton growing areas, with a view to complementary work being undertaken by them. GENERAL ENTOMOLOGY AND MYCOLOGY. 9. That much more work should be done by Fntomologists in regard to the Pheidole ant, and that the question of baits and the destruction of nests is worthy of close investigation. As this ant was of great importance in Kenya, it was recommended that a thorough investigation should be undertaken in Kenya. 10. That the Entomologists of Kenya and Uganda should meet and discuss the question of preventing the spread of Stephanoderes hampei into Kenya after visiting Coffee areas to the east and west of Mount Elgon. 11. That the conditions and problems in South Africa are so entirely different from those in tropical East African Colonies that the problem of the control of Cut-worm is one for solution in the various territories concerned. 12. (a) That each participating territory should arrange to prepare lists of injurious insects and fungoid diseases, with their food plants and status as pests. and to interchange such lists. (b) That, in order that the lists may be uniform, they should be compiled in the following form: (a) Name, (b) reference to original description, (¢) distribution, (d) food plants and alternative hosts, (e) status as a pest, (f) predators and parasites, (g) further notes. (¢) That the Imperial Bureau of Entomology and Imperial Bureau of Mycology in London should be approached with a view to the compilation, classification and publication of the lists by them. 18. That each Department of Agriculture of South and East African Territories should undertake to notify, without delay, every other such Department of the presence of a new disease or pest considered to be of economic importance. 14. That a study should be made of the insecticidal properties of native plants. 15. That uniform legislation should apply to importation of plants and seeds into Kenya and Uganda. 209

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