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The Hessian Fly and the Illinois Wheat Crop

Flint, W.P.; Larrimer, W.H.

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Title
The Hessian Fly and the Illinois Wheat Crop
Author(s)
  • Flint, W.P.
  • Larrimer, W.H.
Issue Date
1928-08
Keyword(s)
  • Hessian flies
  • Wheat -- Diseases and pests.
  • Illinois Wheat Crop
  • wheat production
Abstract
The Hessian Fly, an insect that infests practically all of the large wheat-growing areas of the world, was first found in North America on Long Island in 1779 and was probably brought into this country in the straw used by the Hessian Troops sent here during the Revolutionary War. It was first recorded in Illinois in 1844, according to Webster, and it has been a factor in wheat production in this State ever since that time.
Publisher
Champaign : Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin; v. 017, no. 11
ISSN
0073-4918
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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