Comrol weeds
With Infects
In muy countries, including
gM United States, weed-eating
Insects have . proved valuable
|er weed control.
ARS scientists are now try*
ftg to team why insects choose
(bedr host plaints. Their basic
research may lead to wider
«tnd more effective use of in*
sects as a biological weapon
Against weeds.
An example is research on
(he .green dock beetle and the
three-dined potato beetle, con
ducted ait Albany, Calif., in
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host plants arc weeds, and be- tested, lit was found that lar
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feeding and egg-laying habits, beetle responded while larvae
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their eggs in conspicuous clus- some chemical in the host
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In the ‘ studies, researchers The scientists were not able
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tkular they were in choosing insects. When placed in a cage
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or not at all when it was down
wind. But the insects moved
upwind even when there were
no plants in the cages.
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will try to learn how the hab
its of weed-eating insects are
influenced by the size, shape,
color, and texture of plant
parts; by nutrients in plants
and by chemicals in plants
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