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The lime status of soil in relation to an insect pest of sugar-cane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

P. E. Turner
P. E. Turner
Affiliation:
(The Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad, B.W.I.)
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1. The sugar-cane in Trinidad is subject to blight, caused primarily by the sucking action on its leaves of a Cercopid, Monecphora (Tomaspis) saccharina Dist., commonly known as the “froghopper.” The intensity of the injury sustained by the cane appears to depend largely on the condition of the soil in which it is grown. An investigation has, therefore, been made of the extent to which certain soil factors are associated with the reaction of the cane to froghopper attack.

2. The data obtained show that the mechanical composition of the soil and its content of organic matter bear little relationship to the damage caused. The blighted soils differ from those blight-free, however, in that, whereas the former are devoid of calcium carbonate and, as a rule, markedly acid, the latter almost mvariably contain at least traces of this substance, and in general are alkaline or slightly acid only. These differences suggest that the lime status of the soil is a factor of primary importance.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , January 1929 , pp. 26 - 35
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1929

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