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Show USU Entomologist Mir-, ftolrid; Leafhopper Protection Are your roses getting white speckled places on the leaves? Better check then for leafhoppers. leafhop-pers. That's the suggestion we get from Dr. George F. Knowl-ton, Knowl-ton, Extension entomologist at Utah State University. Leafhoppers survived the winter win-ter In substantial numbers in many localities. Already their ' "feeding spots" are showing on the darker, upper surface of the rose leaves. If you have aphids, as well as leafhoppers, spray the bushes with malathion. Strike both upper up-per and lower surfaces, as the leafhoppers feed chiefly from underneath. Their saliva. Injected Inject-ed while feeding, causes the bleached spots which show conspicuously con-spicuously from above. A severe leafhopper situation In summer should receive repeated treatments, treat-ments, with DDT dust or sptay on the underside of the leaves, to prevent severe leafhopper discoloration. dis-coloration. Always spray the tender top and new twig growth of shrubs with malathion, to stop aphid buildup. Dr. Knowl ton advises. At pari oi me great empna-sis empna-sis on academic excellence at BYU, it Is our intention to bring the best young minds In the nation na-tion and from foreign countries, Dr. Wilkinson said. |