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Re: biocontrol in leafy spurge?
Lorine S Horvath wrote:
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> Hi, I have hear that there is a successful way of controlling leafy
> spurge using a bio-control agent. Can anyone out there give me more
> information on this subject?
What you probably heard about is a flea beetle, Aphthona nigriscutis,
which has effectively curtailed spurge in several Western U.S. states.
Your best source of information on the subject will be:
Rich Hanson, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Forestry Sciences Lab, Montana State Univ.,
Bozeman, MT 59717-0278 or visit Cornell University's Biocontrol Web
site at http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/
Yours Online,
Michael Hofferber
Outrider News Service
http://members.aol.com/mhoutrider/ons
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