The Importance of Pasture Pests in Animal Production
R.P. Pottinger
Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre, Hamilton
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Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1976, 36: 12-22
Research effort on combating pasture insect problems in New
Zealand has recently been expanded and is being co-ordinated. The most
important pasture pest problems in New Zealand are listed and the
effects of some of these on animal production discussed. A statement is
made an the policy of the Insect Control Group of the N.Z. Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries in relation to pasture pest research, and the
difficulty of measuring pasture pest damage in terms of animal
production is briefly reviewed.
Keywords: NZSAPAB;
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