Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1925-11-27 | Page 2 | Geraniol is Effective for Beetle Control Work

Geraniol Is Effective for Beetle Control Work A new attractive agent, geraniol, for use in Japanese beetle control work, was demonstrated during the course of an observation tour conducted In New Jersey. The party consisted of a number of orchardists and entomologists entomolo-gists who were especially interested in the work of the Japanese beetle laboratory of the bureau of entomology. entomol-ogy. United States Department of Agriculture. Ag-riculture. About 100 acres of demonstration dem-onstration orchards were visited. The orchards consisted of peaches, apples, cherries and grapes. The demonstration demonstra-tion of geraniol was held In one of the orchards, using the attractor to draw the beetles into a limited area, where they could be killed by a contact spray, consisting of oleoresin of py-rethrnm py-rethrnm arid soap. This has been developed at the laboratory during the past season and has given remarkably good results.