B.M Pugh
[ba bteng] (1) u niang thliew ia ka met bah (citrus trunk borer) (2) u niangpongthliew ia ki tnat (citrus shoot borer), bad ka niangksem sitros kaba jyrngam (citrus green bug), ka niang-shun (common mealy bug), u niangkrangbam sla (orange leaf-miner), bad u niangniuh ka thapbalieh sohmyndong.
U niangkrangthliew ia ka metbah (Monohammus Versteegi) u long u khniang miaw (a kind of beetle) uba kumba shi inshi shi pawa ka jingjrong bad kumba shiteng inshi ka jingiar na ka met. Ki thapniang ki long kiba liehbthuh (grey) bad kiba thoh dak iong. Ki tmain ki long kiba jrong palat shibun ia ka met jong u. Ka kynthei jong une u khniang ka kha pylleng ha kjat jong u dieng ha ka metbah jong u. Hadien katto katne sngi ki niangbyrnai kiba rit ki mih na kine ki pylleng bad ki sdang ban bam nyngkong ia ka snep jong u dieng, hynrei hadien katto katne sngi ki ksam ia ka dohmet bad ki da kyndat shabar jong u dieng ia u shaba. Lah ban kham pynduna ia une u khniang da kaba pushara da ka shun ia ka trai jong u dieng haduh kumba lai phut na ka khyndew lane lah lehse ban pynwit ia ki na kaba kiew ia u dieng da kaba teh da u phlang lane da ka jainjot baroh sawdong jong ka trai jong u dieng, lane lah ban tyndung da u sai nar shapoh ka thliew bad ban khlaw lane pyniap ia u khnang uba don hapoh, lane lah ban pyniap da u pawdar dawai gammexane ne D.D.T. (Neocid powder) U niangpongthliew ia ki tnat (Chloridolum-alcamene) ruh u long uba iasriem ia utei u niang Monohammus, tangba u kham rit ban ia u. Ka met jong ruh ka kham iong (dark brown or steel blue).
Lah ban kham pynduna ia une u khniang da kaba ngor noh ia ki tnat baroh kiba iap bad ban thang ia ki, lane lah ban khlaw ia ki na ki thliew jong ki tnat dieng da i sai nar, lane lah ban kynshait shapoh ka thliew da ka petrol lane ka umphniang sharak kaba la khleh um, bad sa set ia ki thliew da ka ktieh kaba la khleh bsiang, lane da kaba kynshait da u powder gammexane ne u powder Neocid (D.D.T.). Ka niangksem jyrngam (Rhynchocoris humeralis) kaba ki khot ha ka ktien phareng ‘citrusgreen bug’ ka long a khniang kaba kjit ia ka um jong u soh. Kane ka khniang ka kynrei bha eh ha u bnai June bad u nai July ha ka por ba u sohniamtra u la heh kat u marbl (marble) hynrei ka long kaba kham eh ban iohi ia ka namar ba ka jyrngam. Ynda kane ka khniang ka la kjit ia ka um na u soh. Kata u sa kylla stem bad u sa hap. Lah ban pyniap ia kane ka khniang da kaba synreit da ka dawai kaba ki shna kumne: pynum 4 shutak ka sabon ha kumba shi gallon ka um khluit, nangta sa theh kumba 2 gallon ka umphniang sharak. Da khleh bha ia kine da kaba king wit shi wit. Shuwa ban pyndonkam sa khleh kumba shi bynta kane ka dawai bad 10 bynta ka um. Ka niang shun lane ka niang-phuleng (Pseudococcus citri) kaba ki khot ha ka ktien phareng ‘mealy bug’ ka long kawei pat ka khniang kaba pynjulor shibun ia u sohniamtra ha ri Khasi-Jaintia. Kane ka khniang ka jrong tang kumba shiteng inshi, bad ka pyngkiang jong ka pat ka long tang kumba shi pawa inshi; bad ka met jong ka baroh kawei ka long kumba tap da ka shun lane da u pawdar (powder) lieh. Kam don thapniang hynrei ka shu par da ki kjat bad ka kiew ia ki tnat jong ki dieng ha ki kynhun. Ka pynjulor ia ki dieng da kaba kjit ia ka um na ka snep jong ki dieng soh. Lah ban pynduna ia kane ruh da kaba kynshait da katei la dawai ba la shna ka ka umphniang sharak bad ka sabon. U niangbam sla (Phyllocuistis citrello) uba ki khot ha ka ktien phareng ‘citrus leaf miner’ u long u ‘niangniuh uba rit bad uba lieh ka rong, uba pong thliew ha ki sla jong u dieng sohniamtra, u dieng sohmyndong bad kiwei kiwei. Ki sla kiba don une u khniang ki don ki krem kiba dor kum u bsein hapoh ka snep jong ka sla (epidermis) bad habadei-badei kine ki sla ki kli bad ki sa tlor, bad hadien kata ki sa hap. Une u ‘niangniuh u long u khun (larva) jong ka thapbalong kaba rit kaba bythuh. Imat ha ki katto-katne ki jaka ha ri Khasi ki khot ia une u khniang u ‘niang sdie’ lane u ‘niangstein’. Namar ba u shong hapdeng ki artylli ki snep sla bad u don kumta hapoh ka sla, namarkata ym lah ban pyniap ia u da ki kynja dawai kiba shu synreit ia ka sla. Don ruh kato katne ki niangniuh kiba bam ia ki sla jong u dieng sohniamtra ne sohmyndong; hynrei u niangniuh jong ka thapbalieh kaba ki khot ka thapbalieh sohmyndong u long uba kham pynjulor. Ka thapbalieh sohmyndong (Papilio demoleus) ka long kaba heh kumba lai inshi naba kut kawei ka thapniang ha ba kut kawei pat, bad ka don ka rong kaba jyrngam lam rong lyoh bad ki jingthoh kiba stem, bad ar tylli ki jingthoh kiba kum ki khmat ha ki thapniang kiba shadien. Kane ka thapbalieh ka kha pylleng kham bunsien ha ki diengsoh kiba danglung, bad na kine ki pylleng ki mih ki niangniuh hadien kumba saw san sngi, bad hapdeng ar ne lai ne saw taiew ki la heh bha. Hadien kata ki sa kylla nianglong, bad, ha ka por shit, hadien shi taiew u nianglong u la kylla thapbalieh. Lah ban kham pynduna ia kine ki khniang da kaba tam ia ki niangniuh jong ki na ki sla, lane da kaba tam ia ki pylleng lada ithuh ia ki, lane da kaba kem ia ki thapbalieh ha ki tynsong, lane da kaba synreit ia ki sla da ka dawai kaba ki khot ‘lead arsenate’ lane kano kano ka bih jong ki khniang. Ia kane ka dawai lah ban shna kumne: khleh 1/4 shutak (1/2 oz) ka lead arsenate bad 1/8 shutak (1/4 oz) ka potassium bichromate bad 4 gallon ka um, bad sa kynruh bha ia ka. Ki sa pyndonkam ia ka da kaba synreit ia ki sla jong ki dieng da ka jingkynsahait (sprayer). [yn dang bteng]
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