Biocontrol Scores Knockout Punch On Birch Tree Pest
Monday, December 1, 2008 - 12:49
in Mathematics & Economics
The birch leafminer, an insect pest that regularly disfigures birch trees, has been virtually eradicated in the Northeast. The credit goes to entomologists who successfully introduced a biological control agent.
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