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China has been combed for plants poisonous to insects by Dr. Shin Foon Chiu, Cornell graduate. One of his finds tested at Cornell by Dr. Roy Hansberry is Millettia pachycarpa, which bears seeds as big as small walnuts. Dr. Hansberry found Millettia to be as effective as rotenone dust, but the plant is not yet grown in quantity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: On the Bug Front | 4/20/1942 | See Source »

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