10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WEEVIL»
Discover the use of
weevil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
weevil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
She is also a playwright and has published children's literature. This novel is a fictionalised record of Uganda's past tragic national experience.
Mary Karooro Okurut, 1998
When a very, very small beetle decides to attend a ball, he won't let anything stop him -- not even the danger of being squished on the dance floor.
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Boll
Weevil Blues: Cotton, Myth, and Power in the American South
anti-education sentiment “seems to be crystallized.” Explaining the events on the
rail platform that morning, the agent wrote that planters “view with much concern
any discussion or agitation of the boll weevil menace.” “The Greenwood people ...
Eevil Weevil, a dirty, messy, grouchy, unpleasant Bugg, lets his house become such an eyesore that the other Buggs decide to surprise him by cleaning it up for him.
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
Reported generation times for the pepper weevil varies widely among different
investigators from 10 to 40 days, with perhaps the largest differences occurring
between summer and fall observations. Generation time, the number of
generations ...
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Controlling the boll
weevil in cotton seed and at ginneries
The extent to which cotton seed and ginneries are factors in the dissemination of
the boll weevil has not been realized generally. During the present season the
Bureau of Entomology has paid particular attention to this matter and has ...
Walter David Hunter, 1904
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Integrated Approaches to Higher Maize Productivity in the ...
CIMMYT -Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP. 163, Mt. Pleasant, Harare. ABSTRACT Maize
weevil (Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky) is an important pest of maize in the
tropics, particularly where grain is stored on-farm and without chemical
protectants.
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Cotton Boll
Weevil: Anthonomus Grandis Boh. : Abstracts of ...
1943 - Ewing, K. P., and C. R. Parencia, Jr. Dosages of insecticides to control the
boll weevil and the bollworm. J. Econ. Ent. 36(4):607-610. Field-plot experiments
were conducted at Waco, Tex., in 1942 to determine the effectiveness of ...
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Biological Control of the Alfalfa
Weevil
the crop, and destroy newly seeded fields. Like many of the worst U.S.
agricultural pests, the alfalfa weevil is not native to this country. One strain of the
weevil was first found in 1904 in Salt Lake City, Utah. ln 1951, a new infestation
involving a ...
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The Life of the
Weevil
Jean-Henri Fabre. CONTENTS THE LIFE OF THE WEEVIL CHAPTER I THE OLD
WEEVILS. CHAPTER PAGE I THE OLD WEEVILS . I II THE SPOTTED LARINUS .
23 III THE BEAR LARINUS . 53 IV THE BOTANICAL INSTINCT . 72 V THE ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WEEVIL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
weevil is used in the context of the following news items.
Boll weevil tale told in downtown mural
A new mural depicting Enterprise's now-famous boll weevil story is now being painted by Dothan artist Wes Hardin at the side of the H&R Block building on the ... «Dothan Eagle, Aug 15»
Palm weevil found near Yuma County date grove
A report of one South American palm weevil being found near a Yuma County commercial date orchard shouldn't cause alarm, but professional growers and ... «Yuma Sun, Jul 15»
Fear no weevil — at least not this one
The yellow poplar weevils are not harmful to humans and cause limited damage to plants, he said, calling them, yes, "the lesser of two weevils" compared to ... «Herald-Mail Media, Jun 15»
Weevil upheaval impacts crops
Garry McDonald, of crop pest monitoring service Cesar said weevil species and bryobia mite were causing the most damage across the east coast thus far. «The Land Newspaper, Jun 15»
Pea and bean weevil found resistant to insecticide
Resistance to commonly-used pyrethroid insecticides is now being found in adult pea and bean weevils, which are an increasingly damaging pest of pulse ... «FarmersWeekly, Jun 15»
Red River reaches The Boll Weevil
The Boll Weevil gas station and Cotton Patch liquor store are both now flooded and are expected to be nearly completely covered by water in the coming days. «TXK Today, May 15»
Seminar tackles challenge posed by red palm weevil
“We realize the danger posed by weevils to the Kingdom's 20 million date and palm trees which yield over a million tons a year,” Agriculture Minister Abdul ... «Arab News, May 15»
'Weevil' Wadyajena sues 'Gamatox'Tangwirei
Wadyajena claims that his company, Mayor Logistics, which had the contract to distribute Sakunda fuel, had been terminated because he is a "weevil" while ... «New Zimbabwe.com, May 15»
Landcare Research bring in weevils to try to stop barberry weed …
The beetle that researchers hope will control the plant is the barberry seed weevil, which Landcare Research has studied for years in collaboration with Chilean ... «Stuff.co.nz, Mar 15»
42 billion worms airlifted from Germany to combat palm weevil crisis
About 42 billion worms have arrived from Germany to Israel as part of a national campaign to naturally combat the red palm weevil species that continues to ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Feb 15»
