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THE U.S. Department of Agriculture is anxious lest the mango-weevil (Cryptorhynchus mangiferae), which does so much harm to mango-plantations in other parts of the world, should be introduced into those recently established in Florida. The larva burrows into the seed while soft, where it remains for a considerable period, and is thus carried all over the tropics. In a circular issued by the Bureau of Entomology it is recommended that all mango seeds introduced into America should be opened and examined, and those selected for planting made to germinate under a wire-gauze screen.
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Entomological Notes . Nature 87, 465 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/087465a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/087465a0