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Show NO SERIOUS ENEMIES OF SOY BEAN PLANT No Insect or Fungous Pest Has Assumed Importance. Rabbit Are Moet Troublesome ae They Are Fond of Plant and Have Destroyed Considerable Areae Woodchucks Aleo Damage. (Prepared by the United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture) An yet the soy bean Is troubled by few serious enemies. In general, It may bo wild that no Insect or fungooa pest has assumed any great economic Importance In connection with the culture cul-ture of this crop. Rabbits are most troublesome, aa they are very fond of the soy-bean plont and have been known to destroy considerable areas. Where rabbits are abundant, soy-bean culture in small nrens Is practically Impossible i Mature Plant of the Soy Bean. unless the field can be Inclosed with rabbit-proof fencing. In some of the Northern states, woodchucks have caused considerable damage to small plantings of the soy bean. Root-knot caused by a nematode often causes considerable Injury to soy beans In many sections of the Southern South-ern states where this pest Is prevalent Id sections where the pest has become well established In the soil, soy beans should not be planted. To plant them Is a dangerous practice, not only because be-cause the bean crop will be reduced. ! but also because the pest can propa-I propa-I rrrely nnrf greatly damage any susceptible crop which follows the soy beans. Cowpea wilt, due to a Pusarlum. causes considerable damage to the soy bean. One variety, unnamed as yet. Is highly resistant to this disease and has given quite good results on soils Infested with wilt. Caterpillars sometimes eat the soybean soy-bean foliage, but the damage from such insects is seldom serious. The black blister beetle has been reported In a few cases to have done considerable consider-able damage to soy-bean fields, but In general this Insect cannot b considered consid-ered a serious pest. |