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LANCASTER - Alfalfa
fields in 11 eastern and
midwestern states will be
the sites this Spring of a
massive bug-hunt—a
systematic search for
parasites of the destructive
alfalfa weevil.
This is the opening shot in
a joint biological control
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Bughunters search for alfalfa weevil parasites
blitz against the pest by the
US. Department of
Agriculture and several
states
The alfalfa weevil
damages alfalfa-the na
tion’s leading hay crop-by
feeding on its tips, leaves
and buds, reducing yields
and nutritive value. The
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pest, first found in the United
States near Salt Lake City in
1904, has since spread
throughout the country. It
causes millions of dollars
damage each year.
The parasite survey is part
of an expanded state and
federal biological control ef
fort under direction of
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Healtb-Inspection Service.
The hunters-state and
federal plant protection
experts-will make surveys
in Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Illinois, Indiana,
lowa, Kentucky, Michigan,
Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio,
and Wisconsin looking for
any several species of
parasites released m these
states since 1957 to help con
trol the pest Their .objective
is to learn if any of the
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parasites have become
established.
The parasites are tiny,
stmgless wasps that lay their
eggs in various life stages of
the weevil. After hatching,
larvae of the wasps devour
the weevil, providing natural
control
The parasites are already
established in several
eastern states, where they
save farmers an estimated
$7 million a year m pesticide
and other control costs.
“We want to do more than
just find the parasites,” said
Thomas Burger, Supervisor
ot an APHIS laboratory at
Niles, Mich., who is coor
dinating the survey “We
also want to fmd enough of
the parasites concentrated
in areas of Pennsylvania, In
diana, Kentucky, Michigan,
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and New Jersey (not includ
ed m the detection survey) to
establish collection sites
from which we can
distribute them to other
areas where they are not yet
established ”
State dealer to face sentencing
WILLIAMSPORT - A
Pennsylvania meat dealer
pleaded guilty on March 7 in
U.S District Court,
Williamsport, to violating
the Federal Meat Inspection
Act
Eugene Nicholas, owner of
Eugene Nicholas livestock,
R 1 Logantown, sold and
transported six uninspected
calf carcasses, in March
1979, to a New York meat
distributor
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Sites for msectanes-field
nurseries established to rear
the parasites and release
them m quantity where
needed-will be selected m Il
linois, Indiana, lowa,
Missouri, Minnesota and
Wisconsin
The Federal Meat In
spection Act, administered
by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s Food Safety
and Quality Service, re
quires that all meat products
sold and transported across
state lines be federally in
spected to ensure they are
wholesome, unadultered,
and accurately labeled.
Sentencing will follow a
pre-sentence conference