Open AccessTHE INITIATION OF AN INSECT PEST SURVEY IN PORTO RICO
Author(s) -
M. D. Leonard
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v16i1.15028
Subject(s) - pest analysis , insect pest , insect , entomology , geography , work (physics) , ecology , biology , agroforestry , engineering , agronomy , botany , mechanical engineering
A brief account of the initiation of periodic observations and reports on the more important and injurious insects in Porto Rico in cooperation with the Insect Pest Survey office of the United States Bureau of Entomology. Faunal studies, both past and present are referred to and methods of collecting and recording Survey data are described. The objects of an Insect Pest Survey and the benefits to be derived from such work, both local and international, are suggested.