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Control of Prickly Pear by the Cochineal Insect

Nature volume 128, pages 117–118 (1931)Cite this article

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THE note in NATURE of June 27, p. 989, on the eradication of prickly pear in South Africa suggested that information about the use of Dactylopius tomentosus in the tropics might be of interest. The insects were imported by me into South India by courtesy of the Ceylon Government entomologist.

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JACOB, C. Control of Prickly Pear by the Cochineal Insect. Nature 128, 117–118 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128117b0

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