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Agrilus Foveicollis, Mars., as a Cause of the Decay of the Culture of Roses in Bulgaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. A. Mokrzecki
S. A. Mokrzecki
Affiliation:
Experimental Agricultural Institute, Sofia
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During the months of May and June 1921 I investigated the cause of the serious losses that had occurred among the rose-trees (especially Rosa damascena, Mill.) which are extensively grown in Bulgaria for making attar of roses. The conclusion arrived at is that the cause of the general decline in rose culture is inadequate nourishment of the plants, owing to an insufficient amount of humus and nitrogen in the soil, aggravated by the entire neglect of manuring by the growers. But the immediate cause of the death of thousands of rose-bushes has proved to be certain galls that are to be found on the stems, reaching 2–3 cm. in length and sometimes twice as thick as the normal stem.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 1921 , pp. 353 - 354
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1921

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