Sunday, August 4, 2013

Citrus growers import wasp to fight disease threatening groves

California citrus farmers import a parasitic wasp from Pakistan to battle citrus greening, a disease threatening their groves.



Pesticides haven't worked. Quarantines have been useless. Now California citrus farmers have hired an assassin to knock off the intruder threatening their orchards.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/KFbbiifIiJE/la-fi-predator-wasp-20130804-m,0,6753728.story

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