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A preliminary study of the biology of Haplothrips niger Osborn, and associated thrips, on red clover in New Zealand
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1949)
The primary aim of this investigation has been to study the biology of Haplothrips niger on red clover in New Zealand.
The various aspects of the biology which it
was intended to study were:
i. A full description of all ...
A study of montane tussock grassland with special reference to the growth, seeding and behaviour of the principal tussocks and grasses
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1947)
Tussock Grassland is the indigenous grassland of New Zealand. It occupies an area of some 14,000, 000 acres of which approximately 13,000,000 acres occur in the South Island.
Originally tussock grassland occupied most ...
A study of speckled leaf blotch of wheat and its causal organism (Septoria tritici Rob.), in Canterbury, New Zealand
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1949)
The available evidence suggests that speckled leaf blotch of wheat is increasing in severity in Canterbury. Prior to 1947 it was practically unknown in the province, but in November of that year a wheat crop at Lincoln ...
Studies on a fungus causing a leaf blotch disease on peas (Pisum sativum L.)
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1947)
The pea crop is classified as one of the principal field crops in New Zealand according to the New Zealand Official Yearbook (1945). Over the last five years, although there has been an increase in the total yield, the ...
A dissertation relating to the nature of potato diseases and their control in the world agriculture : with an appendix covering a laboratory study of cultural and physiological characters of a potato dry rot fungus, Fusarium coeruleum (Lib.) Sacc.
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1948)
The importance of the potato crop in World Agriculture cannot be gainsaid. Unfortunately this major crop of ours in heir to a large number of diseases, both parasitic and non-parasitic, and consequently potato culture in ...
The accuracy and application of some subjective judgements used in wool research
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1942)
In New Zealand during the last two or three years, a scheme of wool research termed “Wool Survey” which exploits the naturally occurring variation among animals, has been developed on an extensive scale. Visual judgements ...
Studies on carotene metabolism
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1949)
Over twenty years ago, during the course of the early investigations into chemistry and physiology of vitamin A, it was found that the potency of herbage was related to its carotene content and mainly as a result of the ...
Part I, The solubility of gases in water-methanol mixtures and derived thermodynamic properties. Part II, Rates of solution of gases
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1949)
Part I - Thermodynamics of solution. The present investigation was carried out as part of a wider plan to determine the effect of methanol in breaking down the water structure in water-methanol mixtures and the possibility ...
Polarographic studies in the anthraquinone series
(Canterbury Agricultural College, University of New Zealand, 1948)
Polarographic chemical analysis, although invented only twenty-five years ago, has already become a standard method for the research worker and industrial analyst alike. The variety of topics in pure, bio- and commercial ...