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THE leather-jacket is a serious pest in fine turf culture and annually takes toll of considerable acreages. In the past the chief methods of control have involved the use of lead arsenate or an emulsion of orthodichlorobenzene. Lead arsenate is costly while the orthodichlorobenzene emulsion is not lethal and its use involves the necessity of sweeping the anæsthetized grubs from the surface. The possibilities of the new insecticides D.D.T. and âGammexaneâ have been investigated by us in a series of trials in the autumn(1945) and spring (1946). Field trials were laid down at a number of suitable centres chiefly on the Lancashire seaboard, and confirmation of the results obtained has come from practical tests carried out throughout the British Isles.
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DAWSON, R., ESCRITT, J. Leather-Jacket Control with Benzene Hexachloride and with D.D.T. Nature 158, 448 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158448a0
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