. Cultivation of tobacco in the Philippine Islands. Tobacco. 14. Fig. 1. Trap. INSECTS. A large part of the annual losses of the tobacco growers is due to the attacks of injurious insects which feed upon the growing plants in the iield. There are many different kinds of insects which attack the growing plants. The principal one, or rather the one responsible for the gi-eatest damage, is almost identical with the "false bud worm" of the United States. This caterpillar is about centimeters in length and is pea- gi-een in color. Generally its work is first noted in the tende
. Cultivation of tobacco in the Philippine Islands. Tobacco. 14. Fig. 1. Trap. INSECTS. A large part of the annual losses of the tobacco growers is due to the attacks of injurious insects which feed upon the growing plants in the iield. There are many different kinds of insects which attack the growing plants. The principal one, or rather the one responsible for the gi-eatest damage, is almost identical with the "false bud worm" of the United States. This caterpillar is about centimeters in length and is pea- gi-een in color. Generally its work is first noted in the tender leaves of the terminal bud. Later, the worm wanders among the leaves and eats holes in them in different places. Sometimes it is not satisfied with doing this, but eats off the small axillary bud and keeps eating in a downward direction in the sialk until it reaches a depth of 10 or. 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 Brewer, B. E. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing
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