. Practical agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. I ; â Jtl 80 AGRICULTURE. eggs before these hatch. Why does the eating off of the leaves above ground injure the plant in producing tubers under ground ?. 5:7 Fig- 33.âColorado beetle or " potato ; a, eggs on underside of leaf; 6, larva that eats the leaves ; c, pupa ; tf, imago or perfect insect; e, wing-cover; /, leg. The turnip flea-beetle is sometimes wrongly called "the turnip ; Our illustration shows the shape of the beetle and the larva much larger than life. The little black beetles pass the wint
. Practical agriculture [microform]. Agriculture; Agriculture. I ; â Jtl 80 AGRICULTURE. eggs before these hatch. Why does the eating off of the leaves above ground injure the plant in producing tubers under ground ?. 5:7 Fig- 33.âColorado beetle or " potato ; a, eggs on underside of leaf; 6, larva that eats the leaves ; c, pupa ; tf, imago or perfect insect; e, wing-cover; /, leg. The turnip flea-beetle is sometimes wrongly called "the turnip ; Our illustration shows the shape of the beetle and the larva much larger than life. The little black beetles pass the winter under any rubbish or clods of earth, and in the spring seek out some weeds near by that belong to the same family as the turnip, such as mustaid and shepherd's purse. As soon as the young turnips appear above ground they do great damage by eating holes in the leaves. One of the remedies appears to be the keeping of the ground clean of rubbish and the destruction of all weeds, especially wild mustard or charlock, false flax, shepherd's purse, pepper-grass, etc. The beetles lay their eggs on the roots of the turnip. In a few days the larvae or grubs hatch out and feed upon the roots. F'g« 34-âThe turnip flea- Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original James, C. C. (Charles Canniff), 1863-1916. New York : D. Appleton
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