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Subject: Re: Sterile Grass Carp Info Needed
Date: 12 Apr 1995 05:32:10 GMT
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The use of grass carp, sterile or not, is risky business...You need to know the 
target plant species, have a general idea of time span for desired control, 
know how much of the target species is present (as well as non-target species), 
etc...Control effected by grass carp is not as predictable as that achieved by 
proper use of herbicides (although copper compounds are justifiably not 
recommended)...

By the way, "sterile" grass carp are triploid (induced by heating eggs, i 
believe)...They are only theorectically sterile..



